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Bulah School, Bulah, Texas

History in a Pecan Shell

This predominantly black community was settled sometime prior to 1900. The 1940 census reported a population of 25 people who had their own school and a union church.

After WWII most residents left, but the school remains and is still used for reunions.

Adams Chapel Methodist Church near Rusk Texas

Adams Chapel Methodist Church a mile past the Bulah School on the same side of the road.
Photo courtesy Lori Martin, 2005
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