Las Rusias, Texas, Cameron County. (original) (raw)

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

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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