Gravesite Along Old Ore Road

We stopped to view a single gravesite beside Old Ore Road at Big Bend National Park. It is said that Juan de Leon was murdered and left for dead beside the road. The body was not found for several days and de Leon was buried where he fell. The murder was never solved and remains a mystery to this day. The grave is adorned with coins and paper money as symbols of respect.

[Diana]

Amazing capture and story, so typical wild west as in the movies.

[LManning (Laura)]

Very cool pov. The light on the rocks and the underside of the cross is beautiful.

[Mags]

What an awesome view and capture!

[Milanie]

What a super find and great pov shooting this

[Kate]

Nice perspective...love the coins in the foreground and the clouds in the background

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh how sad

[Ellen Bogenschutz]

Great photo of this subject. You can feel the vastness of the surroundings because of your point view and understand why this poor soul was not found for so long.

[Susan Wakely]

What a story. Nice capture of lights on the rocks and the cross.

[Lin]

Nicely captured - enjoyed the interesting (and sad) history

[Islandgirl]

Neat capture and story!

[Bill]

This kind of find really adds to the trip.

[Mallory]

The sky here is so beautiful.

[Esther Rosenberg]

fantastic composed shot

[GaryW]

Interesting!

[bruni]

That is a sad story. great shot though.

[Jane Pittenger]

I wondered what the money was for

[Walks @ 7]

Poignant!

[Van]

Fabulous shot. Love the different layers of colors.

[Lois]

Very sad

[Wylie]

interesting countryside and story

[Casablanca]

Fascinating piece of history. I wonder what really happened....

[Jennie B.]

Nice shot of this gravesite. Interesting story

[Margaret Brown]

An interesting piece of history and nice capture

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Your photo tells of a sad piece of history, so young!

[Merrelyn]

Nicely composed, lovely sky.

[Sylvia]

Wow, amazing that it is still there, nicely captured.