Cedar Park Cemetery

The plaque mentions a cattle drive on the Chisholm Trail; the Handbook of Texas adds who made it. In 1871 George Cluck drove cattle north and his wife Harriet went along, the first woman to make the drive, the Handbook says. In 1873 they bought the land that included Running Brushy Spring, and their ranch and home became the nucleus of a community. The Handbook spells her name Harriet, where the plaque has Harriett. The cemetery began as their family burial ground and was deeded to the community in 1912.

What the plaque says

Cedar Park Cemetery George W. and Harriett Cluck settled in this area with their family in the early 1870s, soon after they returned from a cattle drive on the Chisholm Trail. They built a log home and were instrumental in the community's development. In 1901, upon the death of their infant grandson, Emmett A. Cluck, the couple set aside land on their farm for a family burial ground. The family graveyard became a community cemetery and was formally deeded as such in 1912. George and Harriett Cluck are buried here, along with many family members and neighbors. (1989)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• The Round Rock — 8.1 mi
  A table-shaped stone in Brushy Creek gave Round Rock its name in 1854; the Chisholm Trail crossed the creek near it, and Old Town stayed behind when the railroad pulled the town east.
• Inner Space Cavern — 11 mi
  A Georgetown cave found in 1963 when highway engineers drilled test holes, holding Pleistocene fossils and 72-degree rooms that visitors reach by an artificial tunnel.
• Williamson County Courthouse — 12 mi
  The fifth Williamson County courthouse, a Beaux Arts building by C. H. Page, rises over a Georgetown square of more than 50 Victorian-era buildings.
• Mount Bonnell — 13 mi
  Austin's old lookout over the Colorado, named by an 1838 traveler, picnicked on by George and Libbie Custer, and reached by a 1939 flight of about 100 limestone steps.

More markers nearby

• Cedar Park — 0.7 mi
• Site of a Block House — 2.5 mi
• Granite for the State Capitol — 2.6 mi
• Cedar Chopping in Central Texas — 2.6 mi