Pioneer Park Cemetery

I could see Pioneer Park from my room at the Omni. Short walk and well worth the visit. Unique display of a cattle drive with cowboys, marsh, waterfall, paths and even an old cemetery from the early 1800 – 1900’s. I spent hours here. Many of the tombstones are are broken away or worn away. A lot of children and families but those stone you can read are very interesting. The park has a very relaxing feel to it. I highly recommend visiting, especially if your interested in older graveyards. Ever city should have a park this interesting.

A fascinating place in the middle of downtown. Sure the headstones are so old they’re worn or falling over but that’s a major part of the charm. The Convention Center clearly took over some of the cemetery and it made me sad to see the city’s disregard for honoring the dead by just building right on top of them.

A cemetery completely open to the public (no fences) right outside the Dallas Convention Center? Who would believe that? But it is true.
If at the Convention Center, or walk from downtown, and find yourself among old stories of 19^th century Dallas residents.
It is a little eerie in its accessibility but any historical minded person will relish the site.
Super cool

Pioneer Park Cemetery is hidden amongst the concrete and the Dallas Convention Center in downtown Dallas, and is the burial ground for many of Dallas’ first settlers: hence the name. The graveyard was established in 1857, but burials occurred in that area long before that date.
It is also the final resting place for veterans from The Texas Revolution, The Civil War, and the War of 1812. The area is cluttered with historical markers, and even boasts the cities’ oldest outdoor sculpture, which is a Confederate Memorial.
This graveyard is paramount in Dallas history, and in my opinion, I think you can learn more about Dallas history here than anywhere else in the city, except for maybe The Oak Grove Cemetery.
Aside from history, the cemetery is adjacent to the Dallas Convention Center, so it’s a good place to hide if you’re stuck having to work /​attend a convention. Just watch out for nature’s vampires: the mosquitoes. That place is a an outbreak of West Nile waiting to happen. Also, there are loads of homeless people hanging out here. I’ve seen them sleeping on top of graves, or maybe it was zombies, I wasn’t about to go check.
There is also a high probability this graveyard is haunted — poltergeist style. As the city of Dallas grew around the cemetery, bones were disturbed. Apparently in 1907, the Santa Fe railroad excavated the western edge of the cemetery and an account in The Dallas Morning News reported workers «hauled away dirt strewn with bones by the wagon load.» Later, parts of the Dallas Convention Center were built on top of the original burial grounds.
You won’t catch me in that ho after midnight.