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History in
a Pecan Shell
The name rucia
describes a silver-gray color. The Spanish word is almost always applied
to horses, therefore Las Rucias can be translated as “The Silver-Gray
Horses.” The site was significant in two wars. It was the Lexington
of The Mexican War and during the Civil War (June 25th 1864) there
was a fight between the Union and Confederate forces.
The community sprang up in the 1970s as a colonia – an non-incorporated
community often without water or improved roads. Included in the colonia
was a church, surrounded by fifty two families. The population was
estimated at 341 residents in 1976. |
Windblown palm
trees
Photo Courtesy Ken
Rudine, February 2008 |
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Las Rucias 1936
Texas Centennial Marker
"Colonel John S. Ford of the Confederate Army defeated the
Union Forces June 25, 1864."
Photo
Courtesy Ken
Rudine, February 2008
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