Ruth, Texas, Coryell County ghost town. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

The community once had a church, school and cotton gin during its heyday. A post office was in operation from 1885 to 1905. The school merged with the one in Ewing in 1912 and the building of Camp (Now Fort) Hood gave a definitive year (1942) to the end of the town as it was known.

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