Luling served as a gathering point and supply center for cattle drivers on the Chisholm Trail. In 1874 the 800 - 1,000 population included drifters who gave the town a reputation as the toughest town in Texas. Cotton ruled the economy until 1922 when an oil boom began and 184 producing wells have now been drilled in the city limits of the small town. The last standing derrick shown below is in Blanche Square.
George Kalesik of Moulton, Texas has been a sign painter for 33 years. He was commissioned by the Chamber of Commerce and re-painted, designed, and created the pump jack characters for 15 pump jacks in town. Years back the locals had turned their pump jacks into mobile art.
The Central Texas Oil Patch Museum is in the historic Walker Bros. building in town but was closed on Friday after Thanksgiving.
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