Polk County Cemetery Series #15 Camp Ruby Traditional Cache
Polk County Cemetery Series #15 Camp Ruby
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Camp Ruby was established at the site before the Civil War; by 1880 residents referred to it as Old Hope. A temporary post office, named Rhoden, was opened in the summer of 1880. Another post office, called Charity, was in operation from 1896-1911. The site was renamed Camp Ruby when the W.T. Carter and Brother Lumber Company established a logging camp there in 1926. According to local lore, A.B. Clayton was sent to select a good site; having chosen the heavily wooded area of Old Hope, Clayton renamed it after an acquaintance named Ruby Moore. A tram line linked Camp Ruby to Camden, which lay on the Moscow, Camden and San Augustine Railroad. As the timber around Camp Ruby was cut out, the Carter Lumber Company shifted logging operations to other areas. The location became a major logging camp for the Carter sawmills. The Camp Ruby oilfield, discovered in the mid 1960's, has yielded moderate amounts of oil and natural gas, and additional discoveries were made in the early 1980's. My wife had the pleasure of knowing "Ms. Ruby", who was also given the honor of being named, "Polk Countian of the Year", prior to her death.
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