Directions: In northwest corner of Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge south of Alamo, Texas.
Contact the preserve prior to visiting and ask that they mow the area. There is a heavy border patrol presence in the area. Use caution due to the vicinity of the border.

From the Refuge, drive west two miles on US 281 to FM 2557(aka: Stewart Road); turn south onto the caliche road, pass Doffin Road. Go up and over the hill and cross the small water canal. The road continues down the hill and there is a locked gate.
Turn east (left) on the levee. The water canal will be on your left and it is a narrow road on top of the levee. There is no room to turn around (if you miss the turn reverse backwards. THERE IS NO TURN AROUND).
After a half mile take first dirt road south (to the right).
Keep going. On the right you will see a dirt road with a tiny (non cemetery) sign. This road is up a small mound of dirt (depending on the season and road maintenance) and it can often look more like a hiking trail than a dirt road). Turn right onto the dirt road.
The Brewster Bravo Cemetery is at the end of this dirt road. There is a very large parking turn around area. The gate is not locked.

For safety's sake please inform someone of your planned visit the cemetery and be very aware of the proximity to the Mexican border. This cannot be emphasized enough. It is extremely isolated and deemed dangerous by Border Patrol. If you see Border Patrol it is HIGHLY SUGGESTED you explain to them you will be there and why. They can guide you and will check up on you for safety's sake.

HISTORY: The Brewster/Bravo Cemetery is located in the Los Toritos (Little Bulls) Land Grant, two leagues of pastureland
awarded to Maxiomo Dominguez by the Mexican State of Tamaulipas in 1834.
Purchased by William Brewster (aka: Uncle Billy 1869-1953), the son of Dr. William J. T. G. Brewster and Minerva Singleterry- the daughter of former slave Matilda Hicks and stepdaughter of Nathaniel Jackson, pioneers of the area- from Esteban Bravo (1854-1924) of the adjoining Bravo Ranch.

And so the cemetery is called the Brewster Bravo Cemetery.

The first burial was before 1912, that of a baby of David and Emma Box Bravo (grave is unlocated).

Donated to the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge in 1978 and the Brewster family retains all burial rights to the cemetery. Other family members are buried in the nearby Jackson-Brewster Cemetery and the Jackson Ranch Cemetery (aka: Methodist Chapel Cemetery or Jackson Chapel Cemetery).

There is a January 1980 Hidalgo County Historical Society {misnamed} BREWSTER RANCH CEMETERY Survey that has proliferated online and very often causes problems. The internments listed in it are those of the Eli Jackson Cemetery (aka: Brewster Cemetery) nearby and NOT as the title and cemetery description claim of this cemetery. The name confusion is longstanding and often causes difficulties for those not personally familiar with these similarly cemeteries.