Jones County Texas Archives - History of Lueders in 1930 *********************************************************** Submitted by: Dorman Holub Date: 19 January 2020 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/jones/jonestoc.htm *********************************************************** The Stamford AmericanFriday, April 18, 1930Vol. 7, Number 1Town of Lueders has interesting history dating back to 1879by Mrs. J. Leslie SparksThe town of Lueders was named by the Hon. Sam Webb of Albany in 1900. The town sitecovers a section of land and is a part of the Old Fredrick Lueders survey. The landwas bought from Fredrick Lueders and Julius Fox, brother of A.C. Fox. The town wasnamed for Fredrick Lueders. The town is situated by the Clear Fork of the Brazosriver.The first settlers in the country were August Lieb, father of Henry Lieb. August Liebsettled on the Clear Fork one mile east of Lueders in December, 1879. The same yearTom King, father of C.H. King, came here and started the D.B. ranch and built thefirst rock house. Captain S.O. Larche, the father of L.[Lucien] E.[Ellis] Larche ofStamford came the same year and settled at what is now called the Swenson Jog. A.D.Marcup, ranchman came here in 1879 and built a rock house four miles east of thepresent site of Lueders. The lumber was hauled from Fort Worth by oxen and wagon.The first farm was put in cultivation by August Lieb, which farm is now owned byHenry Lieb. W.J. Herrington and E.M. Douthit came and started farms in 1889 and 1890.Cotton was hauled to Albany and Abilene. When the first settlers moved here, therewas one house between here and Albany. It was located at the end of the 12-mile laneand was a ridersŐ camp. The first post office was at Albany 28 miles from here.People went horse back once a week for their mail. Then the post office was moved toRising Sun. Next people got their mail at Old Avo, 8 miles West of here.At that time the present site of Lueders was bounded on the South by the D.B. ranch,the north by the Swenson ranch. East the W.O. Pasture, on the west was open country.As late as 1878 there was not a wire fence between here and Fort Worth. The firstfence was built by S.M. Swenson in1885, the cedar posts and wire were hauled fromAbilene. The city of Abilene was then a thing entirely of the future. The TonkawaIndians were captured at Hog Creek now in Henry LiebŐs pasture. There was a UnitedStates Fort 10 miles down the Clear Fork river at Fort Griffin.The first school house at Lueders was built in 1884. Lumber for the erection of theschool building was hauled from Abilene by E.M. Douthit, A.J. Brealand, W.J.Herrington, Henry Lieb, J.M. Roberts and Tony Berryhill. The school house was builtby the men that hauled the lumber. The first school was taught by Miss Ida Crow, nowof Avoca. W.J. Herrington was the sole trustee.Other settlers that came about this time were Tony Berryhill, J.M. Roberts, D.J.Olinger, W.M. Williams and Dr. G.C. Dial.In 1900 the railroad was built through here. The first train ran in April, 1900. Manypeople from all over the country met the first train. A.C. FoxŐs Limestone Quarry wasowned in 1900. The same year H.W. Ham of Cisco opened the first store. The firstpostmaster was R.I. Newman, father of Mrs. Ott Purcell of this place. Dr. G.C. Dialmoved his store from Old Avo and M.S. Ruff operated the first dry goods store.D.[David] J. Olinger, father of Mrs. E.G. Ivy of Stamford, started the first lumberyard.The Methodist church was the first church built in Lueders, being erected in 1908.The Baptist and Christian churches, were built in 1909.In 1910 the first school house was torn down and the building that now stands wasbuilt on the same lot. The stone used in this school building came from the A.C. FoxQuarry. Lueders now has one more stone quarry. The Lueders Building Stone Quarry.This quarry was started in 1923. F.M. Johnson is manager.At the present time, one thing that is of very much interest at Lueders is theLueders Baptist Encampment. The Encampment is held annually in July. Next July willbe the 8th Encampment, the organization having started in 1923. The Encampmentgrounds are located one mile east of town on the banks of the Clear Fork.Lueders has a tourist park on the Clear Fork one mile East of town, just off theT.T.T. Highway. This is a very pretty park, many large pecan trees, making shade.The Stamford Lake is near Lueders being in the Clear Fork.In 1914 Webb & Hill of Albany built three stone buildings here. The same year HenryLieb and C.H. King built stone buildings. In 1915 J.N. Loop built a two-story stonebuilding. In 1925 L. Cauthin and C.H. Seth built a stone building, where theBryant-Link store stood, which burned in 1924. Bryant-Link Company built the firststone building in Lueders.Lueders has three gins, the first gin being started in 1905 by E.G. Ivy, father ofMrs. Rupert Compton.(ReporterŐs note: I believe the people will be interested to read the history ofLueders. Many of the old settlers still live here. I wish to thank Mr. ClaudeHerrington and Henry Lieb who so kindly furnished all the dates and facts containedin this article. I want to thank Mr. Cleburne Huston for giving us the privilege tosend this article for the special number celebrating the AmericanŐs anniversary andwe wish many more anniversaries and a prosperous future for the Stamford American. -Mrs. J. Leslie Sparks.)