Keeping history alive: Historians vie to preserve Antioch Community Cemetery

By Paige Lambert

Central Texas serves as the richest area of the state’s history. Hays County historians are now trying to preserve some of the history at the Antioch Colony Cemetery in Buda.

Jo Landon, Hays County Historical Commission cemetery chair, and twins Minnie Harper and Winnie Moyer, have spent two years trying to get a Historic Texas Cemetery designation for the revered property.