Digital Exhibits “A Fitting Resting Place” The History of Oakwood Cemetery Early Settlement of Austin No Place to Bury Their Dead The Women Take Charge Purchasing and Clearing the Land Beautifying the Cemetery Building the Chapel “We are reminded that the inhabitants of Oakwood Cemetery will soon outnumber those of our city. There lie the forms of many of our neighbors and friends, whom we have embalmed with our tears and laid away to that sleep which knows no waking.”
