Kentucky native William Edward Russell (1839-1890) came to Texas in the 1850's and worked his way to the Big Bend region where he traded along the Chihuahua trail and had a store at the Horsehead crossing of the Pecos River. Russell became a prominent land owner, rancher, merchant, farmer and silver miner in the Presidio County / northern Mexico region. He acquired property along the old river road between Candalaria and Presidio and founded the settlement of Ruidosa where he constructed irrigation ditches and set up a mill. He held several county political offices, including commissioner and sheriff. He and his wife Maria Tomasita Rodriguez had seven children, four of whom lived past young childhood.
Kentucky native William Edward Russell (1839-1890) came to Texas in the 1850's and worked his way to the Big Bend region where he traded along the Chihuahua trail and had a store at the Horsehead crossing of the Pecos River. Russell became a prominent land owner, rancher, merchant, farmer and silver miner in the Presidio County / northern Mexico region. He acquired property along the old river road between Candalaria and Presidio and founded the settlement of Ruidosa where he constructed irrigation ditches and set up a mill. He held several county political offices, including commissioner and sheriff. He and his wife Maria Tomasita Rodriguez had seven children, four of whom lived past young childhood.
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