Van Winkle Cemetery from Necropolis Creep. Photography by Warren Paul Harris

Van Winkle Cemetery - Climax, Texas

April 5, 2009

Van Winkle Cemetery Entrance

A brightly decorated gravesite and bare tree

Van Winkle Cemetery Entrance

We stumbled across this small, picturesque cemetery while exploring the back roads of North Texas one afternoon. While passing by the outskirts of Princeton, we spotted this restful little necropolis, nestled in among the oak trees.

An ornate carving depicts gates on this headstone

Assorted tombstones

Two rows of tombstones

A variety of tombstones and trees

Ornate decorations show great care.

Beaulah C. Henry

Ellen Henry 1834-1889 + W.A. Henry 1833-1889

Split wood tombstone

Tombstones in the shade of the trees

E.C. Box 1832-1918

Steel channel holds this cracked tombstone together

A sparse tree reaches for the sky.

Row of tombstones

Essie J Slatter - 16 mo old 1886

Assorted tombstones