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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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