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History in
a Cotton Boll
Born in 1906 with
the arrival of the C. L. Gaultney family. The Gaultneys helped build
a school and origanized what they hoped would be an enduring community.
R.B. Red, with the financial help of the Gaultneys, built one of Dawson
County’s first cotton gin. A post office was granted in 1907 and
the fledgling community grew around it. The post office closed in
the late 1940s. The population was a mere 50 in 1945 and postwar relocation
made Lou a ghost town – eventually dropped from even county maps.
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Dawson
County 1920s map showing Lou NW of Lamesa
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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