El Paso, Texas -
Grave of Wild West's No. 1 Killer
John Wesley Hardin, the West's most prolific killer, has his grave inside a house-shaped cage for its protection from tourists.
- Address:
- 3700 E. Yandell, El Paso, TX
- Directions:
- Concordia Cemetery. Enter cemetery from south side of E. Yarnell Drive at Travis St. Once inside the gate, bear left. The grave will be on the right. No trees, so it's easy to spot.
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Grave of Wild West's No. 1 Killer Dry. Dusty. What an awesome experience! Wait, no, it's a cemetery. And there's a new headstone of an old gunslinger. This place needs fireworks or a bar. ~yawn~ [Mike, 05/19/2011]
John Wesley Hardin Grave John Wesley Hardin (1853-1895) killed more men than Billy the Kid or Jesse James. He once even killed a man for just snoring too loud. This site is for western buffs who dream of tipping their hats to the best gunslinger who ever lived. [Ryan Deininger, 01/28/2009][RA: The grave site is nicely imprisoned in a stone and iron bar structure. Too bad there's no "John Wesley Hardin Didn't Die!" museum.]
Concordia Cemetery The final resting place of many madams, merchants, tycoons, and gunslingers (including the frequently looted grave of John Wesley Hardin). When I was a kid, we had a superstition -- if you couldn't hold your breath during the drive past the cemetery, the bandits would rise from their graves and gitcha. [John H Russell, 05/24/2003]
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