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The
former Center High School #64 in Bulcher
Photo courtesy James Kallstrom, 3-9-03 |
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The
school house interior
Photo courtesy Robin Jett, 6-02 |
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The
school house up close
Photo courtesy Robin Jett, 6-02 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Early settlers arrived in the early 1870s. One, named John Scanland,
donated the land for the community cemetery. Two cemeteries appear
on the Cooke County TxDoT map - Shiloh Cemetery about 2.5 miles East
and Coker Cemetery about one mile SW of Bulcher.
Among the other pioneer settlers were German immigrant brothers Frederick
and Charles Hyman. Frederick Hyman was the great-great-grandfather
of contributing photographer Judie Hilton Porter. |
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The
former Center High School #64 in Bulcher
Photo courtesy Judie Hilton Porter, 2002 |
Bulcher
was granted a post office in 1874 with one Matthew Morris as postmaster.
The population kept at a respectable 250 persons until an oil discovery
in 1926 swelled the population. When things got back to normal, people
noticed that some of the former residents had left with the oil crowd.
The town was down to only 40 by 1933 and had only grown to sixty by
the mid-1980s.
©
John Troesser
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"The
structure failed and came down" in 2004
Photo courtesy Gary Hall, 11-09-04 |
Bulcher
Texas Forum
Here is a photo
of the school building in Bulcher. We connected with a local gentleman
who had grown up and went to the school back in the early sixties.
He stated that he had carved his name in the steeple of the building,
along with several others.
Approximately seven months ago, the structure failed and came down.
The pic says it all. Disappointing, but, it was great to be able
to find it. - Gary Hall and Tom Nix, November 08, 2004
Regarding
the old Bulcher Center High School
I lived at Bulcher back in the early sixties. No one went to school
there. It was as dilapidated then, as it was in 2002 when the first
photos on your web site were taken. It was no longer in use after
WWII, Bulcher having become a ghost town. I imagine the old school
was built around 1880. Cordially, Michael Busby December 27,
2005
Anyone wishing to share history or photos of Bulcher, Texas, please
contact
us
Out thanks to Judie Hilton Porter, Robin Jett, James Kallstrom,
Gary Hall and Tom Nix for sharing the picturesque ruin of the former
high school. Anyone with additional photos, anecdotal stories or
information about Bulcher and environs please contact
us.
* Criteria for ghost towns can never be fully agreed upon. Bulcher's
inclusion as a North Central Texas "Ghost" is due to its relative
high population and it's former thriving economy.
June 2002
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