Home built in 1845 for the first sheriff of Rusk County, member of Texas Legislature, surveyor and later Confederate soldier, Dr. William Ross. Constructed of hand-planed wood, had no window glass until 1850. Most furniture came from a Mt. Enterprise factory. Family had brought melodeon from Tennessee, 1837. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1964
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
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Related Themes: Texas C.S.A., Texas Confederate States of America, Confederacy
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