Bowser Community
About 1858 the Abel Bowser family settled at a large bend in the Colorado River about 3 miles north of this site. The developing village, school and cemetery became known as Bowser Bend and by the late 1880s included a cotton gin and store. Due to river floods, Paul Varga donated land at this site for a chapel and cemetery in 1890. In the early 1900s J. T. Martin sold town lots and deeded land for a school one-half mile east. The town of Bowser relocated, but the closure of the post office, gin and school caused it to decline in the 1940s. (1990)
31.4052° N, 98.9810° W
Where to Find It
Varga Cemetery (Varga Chapel Cemetery), W side CR 247, 2.1 mi. N of FM 502, 200 feet W of CR 247 at cemetery entrance
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- 8.3 mi S Big Uncle Cemetery Richland Springs
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