SHAFTER LAKE COMMUNITY AND CEMETERY ANDREWS CO. TEXAS

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SHAFTER LAKE COMMUNITY AND CEMETERY
VISIT THE ODESSA AMERICAN FOR HISTORY
OF THE SHAFTER LAKE COMMUNITY.

ANDREWS COUNTY, TEXAS

IF ANYONE HAS A COMPLETE LISTING OR
PHOTOS OF THE CEMETERY BEFORE IT WAS
SO BRUTALLY VANDALIZED PLEASE SEND THEM TO ME

I HOPE THE ONE'S THAT DESTROYED
THIS CEMETERY ARE PUNISHED!

WHAT A SHAME!!

THE TOWN SITE LOCATED JUST DOWN FROM

\THE FRANKEL CITY TOWN SITE ON FM 1967

SHAFTER LAKE ON FM 1967

CEMETERY HISTORICAL MARKER

Location: From Andrews, take SH 385 north 7 miles, then go west on FM 1967 about 3.2 miles. Go south on CR NW 2001 about 1.6 mile.

LOCATED ON THE HWY ABT. 2 MILES FROM THE CEMETERY

THE CEMETERY OF SHAFTER LAKE

ESTABLISHED 1900-1920

DIRECTIONS ENTER JUST PAST THE HISTORICAL MARKER
THROUGH CATTLE GUARD PROCEED DOWN VERY ROUGH ROAD
ABT. 2 MILES CEMETERY IS ON THE RIGHT

History: (1.5 miles West) Established just after turn of the century, on the south bank of Shafter Lake, and two miles south of the extinct settlement of Shafter Lake. Named for Colonel William R. Shafter (1835-1906), who led military expedition through region in 1875. It became the resting place for residents of remote ranches and travelers. Oldest legible gravestones are dated 1909; those of Joseph Snively and Mrs. Lucy Woolsey. Several remains have been removed by relatives; site now contains 12 known graves. The once neglected cemetery is cared for by Andrews County. (1973)

THIS SIGN HAD ALL THE NAMES OF THE
PERSONS BURIED AT THIS CEMETERY WRITTEN ON IT..