Concordia Facts
-Known as El Paso's "Boot Hill"
-Won 2010 True West Magazine Best of the West Award
-Won 2008 Clara Driscoll Award for Preservation
-Active volunteer groups help to maintain the cemetery
-Home to a large Chinese Population because of the men (and families) who helped build the Trans-Continental Railroad
-Home to the ONLY Chinese Cemetery in the State of Texas
-Has a history of being haunted
-Used to have major problems with graffiti and vandals
-Has yearly celebrations on Dia de los Muertos
-Has yearly reenactments of the death of John Wesley Hardin
-Currently an active cemetery, meaning deceased can still be buried at the site (no room is available for new sections)
-Eighty percent of vandalism is gone because of round the clock security
-Known as El Paso's "Boot Hill"
-Won 2010 True West Magazine Best of the West Award
-Won 2008 Clara Driscoll Award for Preservation
-Active volunteer groups help to maintain the cemetery
-Home to a large Chinese Population because of the men (and families) who helped build the Trans-Continental Railroad
-Home to the ONLY Chinese Cemetery in the State of Texas
-Has a history of being haunted
-Used to have major problems with graffiti and vandals
-Has yearly celebrations on Dia de los Muertos
-Has yearly reenactments of the death of John Wesley Hardin
-Currently an active cemetery, meaning deceased can still be buried at the site (no room is available for new sections)
-Eighty percent of vandalism is gone because of round the clock security