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"The
shell of the schoolhouse located near Bula, TX" -
Stephen Taylor, Dec.
2005 |
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. |
Close
up view of the Bula School entrance
Photo courtesy Stephen & Elizabeth
Taylor, Dec. 2005 | |
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