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History in
a Pecan Shell
The town was born with the arrival of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad
- shortly after 1900. The name that was chosen for the town was Lucas
- for one of the original settlers. But when the application was denied
(there was already a post office named Lucas
in Collin County) the townspeople submitted the name spelled backwards.
It worked. In 1903 the Sacul post office opened and a school opened
the following year.
The estimated population in 1914 was 400 and the town had everything
it needed, including no fewer than six general stores, three groceries
and of course, a blacksmith, bank and two cotton gins.
The
Great Depression reduced the population to around 250 people and the
businesses declined to 10. Increased mobility after WWII
continued to draw off people and those who had left never came back.
In the mid 1960s Sacul had 170 residents but only four businesses.
The old population figure of 170 continues to appear on state maps.
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Making
music in Sacul
By Bob Bowman ("Bob Bowman's East Texas" Column)
On the fourth Saturday night each month, the Nacogdoches County community
of Sacul hosts one of the best country music venues in East Texas--a
collection of bands playing mostly bluegrass standards.... more
Pickin’
at Sacul
By Bob Bowman ( "All Things Historical" Column)
"... As the sun drops behind the forests, the sounds of bluegrass
and country music fill the inside of a century-old building that once
housed the town’s mercantile store, bank, drugstore and post office.
It is almost the sole relic of what was once a small, but thriving,
railroad community in the early 1900s..." more
Finding Dextra
By Bob Bowman ("Bob Bowman's East Texas" Column)
"It stands south of Sacul at the intersection of FM 1648 and
County Road 898...." |
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