As Laredo grew substantially in the late 1800s, the city needed a new cemetery, but creating its fourth camposanto proved difficult as efforts beginning in the 1880s were delayed by political considerations, economic transactions, and complaints from residents until its use began around the turn of the 20th century. Special sections include Babyland for infants and plots for priests, Marist brothers, and four orders of nuns who served Laredo: Ursuline, Divine Providence, Sisters of Mercy, and Sisters of the Sacred Heart. Sections called Resurrection Garden, Pavilion Garden, and Waterfall Garden serve as the final resting place for many laity, and soldiers, including Civil War veterans, are also buried there. Among the notable people interred are Santos and Refugio Benavides, brothers who gained fame in the Civil War, and Bishop Pedro Peter Verdaguer of the Vicariate of Brownsville, who served from 1896 to 1909. After the first burial in 1901, several additions followed, including a mausoleum in 1960 and a columbarium in 2004, and the cemetery remains a reminder of Laredo's rich heritage.