Luella, Texas, Grayson County

By Arturo Lowder, Howe Middle School

A man by the name of J L Hughes saw a chance to create a business from the railroad system like man other towns did In 1888 he built a merchandise store, built a post office and became the postmaster, he was even the priest on Sundays at the Old School Baptist Church He later named this small town Luella after his oldest daughter In the early 1890s, Luella had a cotton gin, two general stores, a cotton and grain market, doctors office, drug store, blacksmith job, a government licensed distillery, and a saloon By 1910 the doctors office, drugstore, distillery, and saloon were gone In the later 30's the post office was also gone In the early fifties when the railroad quit running, Grayson County bought it right away and they made a road called Farm to Market Road 1281 In 1964, fifty of Luella's residents put in $50 respectively to make the Luella Water Supply District Sherman also needed water for their industries Sherman drilled some water test sites and rumors of gtting annexed sent panic waves across this community but all turned out well With the courts approval Luella had its first election and by a vote of 89-10 Luella was officially a city When roads needed repair Luella was nearly bankrupt so Luella went quietly to history