Greenwood Cemetery

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Type: Cemetery	Rating: (3.50)1
Years In Use: 1880-
Open To The Public: Yes	Historical Marker: N/A
ADAAccessible: N/A
Dogs Allowed: N/A	Bikes Allowed: N/A
Cost: N/A
City: Austin	County: Travis

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Although the cemetery contains the graves of those recently departed it contains a number of graves from the late 1800's and early 1900's. Family plots surrounded by iron fencing was more common then. (Photo by Austin Explorer)	Beulah Hahn's circular headstone is of a design I had not yet seen elsewhere. (Photo by Austin Explorer)	This personal item left at a grave for Mom and Dad features wire chairs and probably a flower pot in the middle that has broken off. (Photo by Austin Explorer)
H. Nelson's grave ensures that on grass grows over it. (Photo by Austin Explorer)	The Shaw family headstone features the carving of an interesting rectangular shape nestled on edge. The rough circular shapes at the end of the rectangles resemble mortar, as though filling in a hollow core. (Photo by Austin Explorer)	Ollie Bryant's marker goes into great detail about his life, in particular his heroics in World War II. (Photo by Austin Explorer)
Irene Franklin's marker gives visitors a good idea about an important part of her life. Care to take a guess? (Photo by Austin Explorer)

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Taking wings, in more ways than one
User: Austin Explorer - 1/3/2012 [View Log Page]
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I knew that there was a cemetery at the northern tip of ABIA, but thought that the gates to it were closed except for family members. I decided to take a closer look after hiking at McKinney Falls State Park. There are some interesting headstones here and it's surprising quiet and tranquil most of the time when planes are not taking off overhead.

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