STUART'S RANCHO, TX
STUART'S RANCHO, TEXAS. Stuart's Rancho was a small settlement twelve miles northeast of Encinal in south central La Salle County. The community seems to have been located on the property of William A. (Peg-leg) Stuart, one of the leading citizens of La Salle County during the 1870s and early 1880s. Stuart was born in Tennessee; he moved to La Salle County about 1857 and became a prominent landowner in the Fort Ewell area. He was married to a woman of Mexican descent, and, according to one account, was particularly influential in the local Mexican-American community. From September 1881 to March 1882 Stuart's Rancho served as the first county seat of La Salle County; the county court was housed in Mrs. Ford's Hotel.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Annette Martin Ludeman, La Salle: La Salle County (Quanah, Texas: Nortex, 1975).
Citation
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
John Leffler, "STUART'S RANCHO, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrslz), accessed May 28, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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