Tuleta's Church Became a School on Weekdays

In 1906 the Rev. Peter Unzicker led a group of Mennonite settlers from Illinois to north Bee County. They founded Tuleta on ranch land twelve miles north of Beeville, and the town took its name from a rancher's daughter.

A rail depot opened that year, followed by a post office in 1907. The Mennonite church also served as a school on weekdays. Tuleta was small, but its depot, post office, church, and classroom arrived in quick order.

Amanda Stoltzfus organized the Tuleta Agriculture High School in 1910. The school taught sewing and cooking to girls, manual training and agriculture to boys, and housed boarders in dormitories. For a time, this little rail stop carried both a working farm curriculum and students who had come to stay.