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History in a Pecan
Shell
The community
was named for the Dull Ranch of which it was once a part. (See below)
The Dull Brothers sold their ranch in 1901 and the land sold in tracts. Los Angeles
and Fowlerton were two other towns formed by this break-up.
Dull was
established in 1912 and granted a post office in 1913 The townsfolk may have gotten
some ridicule over their town's name - so in 1915 they changed the name of the
post office to "Nettaville" - but that was short-lived. The post office closed
in 1919 and they were back to being Dull.
Dull's Ranch
15
miles E of Cotulla
Dull's
Ranch had been known as Waugh's Rancho after William A. Waugh, the first white
settler in La Salle County. Waugh's ranch between San Antonio and Laredo became
a stopping place for travelers and so a store was opened. In 1879 a post office
called Waugh's Rancho was opened.
In the 1880s the ranch was bought by
James and Andrew Dull, two brothers from Pennsylvania.
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John Troesser |
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