Ross Prairie, Texas
Ross Prairie is a farming community situated two miles (3.2 km) south of Fayetteville in Fayette County, Texas.[1] First settled in the 1820s by James J. Ross, in the 1840s and '50s the land attracted German and Bohemian immigrants who built the church there.[1]
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Sources[edit]
- Carroll, Jeff (March 1, 1995). "Ross Prairie, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Asssociation. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
Further reading[edit]
- Biesele, Rudolph L. (1930). The History of the German Settlements in Texas, 1831–1861. Austin, TX: Von Boeckmann-Jones. pp. 54, 64, 251. ISBN 9781404759169.
- Weyand, Leonie Rummel; Wade, Houston (1936). An Early History of Fayette County. La Grange, TX: La Grange Journal. pp. 114, 212, 234.
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