Ross Prairie, Texas Explained

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.

Sources

• Encyclopedia: Ross Prairie, TX . . Texas State Historical Association . June 10, 2023 . Carroll . Jeff . March 1, 1995.

Further reading

• Book: Biesele, Rudolph L. . The History of the German Settlements in Texas, 1831–1861 . Von Boeckmann-Jones . 1930 . Austin, TX . 54, 64, 251. 9781404759169 .
• Book: Weyand . Leonie Rummel . An Early History of Fayette County . Wade . Houston . La Grange Journal . 1936 . La Grange, TX . 114, 212, 234.

Notes and References

1. Carroll 1995.