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History
in a Pecan Shell
Frederick Lueders fought in the Texas revolution and was awarded land
here as a bonus.
Early settlement began in 1877 with settler W. J. Herrington, but
the Webb and Hill Land and Cattle Company started serious development
in 1899.
The Texas Central Railroad arrived in 1900 and a post office was granted
two years later.
Stone quarries provided building material and the town established
cotton gins early
on.
The population was a very respectable 700 by 1915 and it slowly declined
to just over 400 in the 1980s. Lueders economy is based on livestock,
horses, cotton and wheat. |
Downtown Lueders
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, October 2007 |
Photographer's
Note:
"Lueders Texas Downtown qualifies as a ghost town as I don't
remember an operating business." - Mike
Price, October, 2007 |
Another downtown
street scene in Lueders
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, October 2007 |
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