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unusual facts about Lawrence Sullivan Ross


Battle of the Brazos

Baylor students likewise pranked the Aggies, often sneaking onto the Texas A&M campus to spray green paint on the statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross.


George B. Zimpelman

He served as a Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress delegate and later served as Colonel on Gen. Sul Ross' (later Texas governor) staff; was postmaster at Austin four years during President Cleveland's administration, and again served a four-year term under President Roosevelt, he was a member of the Knights Templar; of the Elks Lodge; and of the John B. Hood Camp of Confederate Veterans.

John R. Erickson

To avenge the death of Mrs. Sherman, Governor Sam Houston dispatched Captain Sul Ross and his Texas Rangers to pursue the Comanches to the Pease River watershed, near present-day Crowell.


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