Bailey County Cemetery
Historical Marker Text
When Mariah "Aunt Rye" Long died in
1918, Emil and Anna Wellsandt offered a parcel of their land on this
site for use as a public burial ground. Several others were buried in
1918, most of them victims of the influenza epidemic. The Bailey County
Cemetery Association was formed that year. The cemetery served primarily
the northern part of the county. The "hill-top" area of the
cemetery was established in 1950 for the burial of indigents. Many early
Bailey County settlers are interred in this cemetery, as are a number of
war veterans. Neglect and vandalism spurred the defunct cemetery
association to reorganize in 1996. The Bailey County Cemetery remains a
chronicle of the area's pioneer settlers and their descendants.
1999
location: 3 mi. NW of Muleshoe on US 84; 2.5
mi. W on FM 2079
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