Entry No. 6 — the Dallas file — filed under: cemetery
Western Heights Cemetery (Clyde Barrow's grave)
A largely abandoned 1840s-era burial ground on Fort Worth Avenue where outlaw Clyde Barrow lies beneath a stand of crape myrtles, his headstone reading 'Gone but not forgotten.' Visitors leave odd shrine offerings -- carnations, coins, even a bullet -- and many of the surrounding graves are unmarked and date to the 1850s.
The move: Go at golden hour and play amateur historians: find the Barrow family plot in the southwestern section, read the epitaph aloud, and see what mementos strangers have left at the shrine. Bring a flower to add and a flashlight to read the older 1850s stones.
📍 Before you go The cemetery sits on Fort Worth Avenue in West Dallas; the easiest way in is the pedestrian entrance at the corner of Fort Worth Ave and Neal Street, where a few steps lead up with no gate (the main drive gate is often padlocked). Park on the side street rather than the busy avenue, and come in daylight, ideally golden hour, since the grounds are volunteer-maintained and partly overgrown. Clyde shares one flat headstone with his brother Buck near the southwest fence line. It backs onto a quiet residential edge, so keep voices low. Pair it with a meal along the Fort Worth Avenue corridor or nearby Bishop Arts.
- 📍 West Dallas / Kessler
- 💸 Free
- ⚡ Low-key
- 🌗 Outdoors
Where: 1617 Fort Worth Ave, Dallas, TX
Hours: Daylight hours recommended; cemetery is volunteer-maintained and partly overgrown -- the Barrow plot can be hard to find.
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Further reading: Roadside America · oakcliff.advocatemag.com
last checked: 2026-06-06