Salado, TX, United States
Major Archibald Johnson Rose. (1830-1903) Before migrating to Texas, A. J. Rose made a fortune in the 1849 California Gold Rush. In 1857 he and his wife Sallie (Austin) brought their family from Missouri to Travis County, Texas. Later they settled in San Saba County, where Rose ran a mill and starte
d a school. He served in the local militia, took part in frontier Indian battles, and was a Confederate Army Major. In 1870 Rose moved to Salado. At this site he built a two-story home where his 11 ch
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