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Morales Ranch was established here by settler Meliton Morales, who built a small rock house in 1881. Born in Mexico in 1837, Morales was kidnapped by Indians as a youth and spent 9 years in captivity. He moved to Texas in 1855 and came here from Duval County in 1874, bringing 200 Spanish goats and 2,000 sheep to begin ranching. He and his wife Ramona Pena had 9 children. Morales also served on the jury of the first court convened after the county was organized. He died in 1924, and he and his wife are buried on the Manuel Morales Ranch in Schleicher County near the Kimble County line. Their descendants own this land.
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