Leaders mark completion of cemetery restoration
TRINIDAD -- Luminant employees and community leaders gathered in a pasture in Trinidad Thursday morning to celebrate a cemetery restoration project.
The cemetery, located on Trinidad Power Plant property, is the final resting place for generations of Black residents, including enslaved Texans.
Luminant employees from the Trinidad Power Plant, along with Fluor and Merico contractors, volunteered their time clearing vegetation, removing old trees, and installing a new fence and gate around the cemetery.
The project was in coordination with former Henderson County resident Robert Hornbuckle, whose great-great-grandfather owned the land TP&L bought for the Trinidad Power Plant.
“My great-great-grandfather used to own this property,” Hornbuckle said. “After working with the Henderson County Historical Commission, we believe there are graves dating back to the 1840s and numerous slaves buried here, which makes this cemetery even more significant in Texas history. I’m proud to have worked with the Luminant team and to see this piece of history preserved for future generations.”
The Henderson County Historical Commission is expected to start the process to get the cemetery designated a Texas Historic Cemetery.
(Robert Hornbuckle speaks Thursday morning.)
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