Prominent Texan’s Oconee County background
One of the east Texas counties hit hard by Beryl is Rusk County, believed to have been named for a 19th century political and military leader. A 101.7/WGOG listener points out that Thomas Jefferson Rusk was born in what today is Oconee County. According to his profile, Rusk served as a general at the Battle of San Jacinto, later a […]
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