Robert Russ
... that in 1883, after Robert Russ was persuaded to donate 600 acres (240 ha) of land for a new townsite in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, the town was called Russ Town—today the city of Ruston and the parish seat?
... that in 1883, after <b id="mwEmg"><a class="new" data-mw-i18n='{"title":{"lang":"x-page","key":"red-link-title","params":["Robert Edwin Russ"]}}' href="./Robert_Edwin_Russ?action=edit&amp;redlink=1" id="mwEmk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Robert Edwin Russ" typeof="mw:LocalizedAttrs">Robert Russ</a></b> was persuaded to donate <span about="#mwt72" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"600"},"2":{"wt":"acre"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwEmo" typeof="mw:Transclusion">600 acres (240</span><span about="#mwt72" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt72">ha)</span> of land for a new townsite in <a href="./Lincoln_Parish,_Louisiana" id="mwEms" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lincoln Parish, Louisiana">Lincoln Parish, Louisiana</a>, the town was called Russ Town<span id="mwEmw" typeof="mw:Entity">—</span>today the city of <a href="./Ruston,_Louisiana" id="mwEm0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ruston, Louisiana">Ruston</a> and the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Parish_seat" id="mwEm4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Parish seat">parish seat</a>?