THE LADY IN BLACK
Falfurrias Texas Was founded in the 1700s by Spanish explorers and rancheros moving north from Mexico. One such man was a Spanish ranchero Colonizer Jose de Escandon. Part of the property owned. One of those. Colonizers was Don Raul Ramos who had a substantial hacienda, Prominent among his few neighbors. He was handsome and a catch for any girl and one of the neighbor girls had set her sights to run his large ranch and cattle empire. She hoped for marriage
But instead of this neighbor girl. He brought a lovely young girl named Leonora Rodriguez, Or Donna Leonora. The wedding took place with a giant festival and honeymoon and a promise of happy times for the couple. Soon after, Business called him Away for well over half of a year. When he returned, he found his wife was pregnant with a child. And he was told by people who worked for him and around him in whispers, that it was not his child, that his wife had been unfaithful. Many of these rumors were started by the heart Broken neighbor girl who he chose not to wed.
Having an uncontrollable temper, he went into a rage.
He had her maids dress her in black. Then he summoned his vaquero ‘s. He told them to escort her one day N, while he, for fear he might change his mind, would ride his horse 1 mile one day. S. He would ride his horse S for one day. Even today, the land is lonely from falfurras. Northward for a day and southward for a day. Those that were told to hang her would never speak of it again. But it was only. Mentioned that Donna Leorona. Gathered herself in furious pride and made a vow that no Ramos rider would ever forget. They would see her again and they would know her innocence because she always claimed she was innocent. To the south. Her husband. Don Rowell. Must have known some transfer of thought that in fact his wife was telling the truth. And so he shot himself. With a pistol to the head.
Today, the road. Between. Fell for yours. Running north to South High Farm to Market Road 141. Is known to be the most haunted, were A Lady in Black. Shows herself. To truck drivers, to people. To children. It is one of the most. Resounding. Popular ghost? Sightings in South Texas.
