Though it may seem like a slightly morbid endeavor, strolling through the Texas State Cemetery and nearby Oakwood Cemetery on a sunny spring day is both peaceful and educational. Restoration efforts spearheaded by Bob Bullock in the Nineties helped make Texas' version of Arlington National Cemetery an epicenter of East Austin revitalization. Stephen F. Austin, Barbara Jordan, J. Frank Dobie, and Bullock himself are some of the luminaries laid to rest there. Just south of Disch-Falk Field, historic Oakwood Cemetery holds the remains of 23,000 people on its 40 tree-lined acres, including humorist John Henry Faulk and Annie Webb Blanton, the first woman elected to statewide office in Texas.
