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Bula Gin Co.
2011 photo courtesy Leaflet, Wikimedia Commons |
History in
a Pecan Shell
W. B. and Tom Newsome
were ranch owners who subdivided their property into farmsteads in
1924 and founded the town. The community applied for a post office
under the name Newsome, but it had already been taken. The town had
two Bulas living there at the time - and it's unclear which became
the town's namesake. One was Bula Maude Oakes, a preacher's daughter
and the other was Bula Thorn, wife of the first postmaster. In all
probability it was the postmaster's wife.
Bula opened the school (pictured
here) in 1925. It closed in 1975 and burned only recently.
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"The shell
of the schoolhouse located near Bula, TX"
- Stephen
Taylor, Dec. 2005 |
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