Pioneers began arriving in the vicinity of Lockhart Texas in 1820 and it was settled by a man named Bryd Lockhart. originally the town was called Plum Creek but it then later became Lockhart after the man who founded the town. Lockhart served as a shipping point for ox wagons and stages to the Port of Lavaca on the coast although the Chisholm Trail
lay to the north of Lockhart other Trails sent 5,000 to 6,000 head of cattle through town to a nearby spring. often drives came as frequently as every five or six hours the cattle Brook fences ruined Gardens and caused lots of upheaval but were also very profitable. For a long time Lockhart was called the place where they kill a man everyday.
The arrival of the railroad made trail rides unnecessary and barbed wire popped up all through Texas and spelled the end of the open cattle range. the town became less of a cattle town and more of an agriculture town especially growing cotton and corn.
Nearby Lockhart is Luling Texas; it was a meeting spot for the Galveston Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad. It flourished as a railroad town and one of Texas toughest towns. to encourage railroad development the state granted the railroads 16 sections of land for each mile of track constructed. Half the land belonged to the railroad and the other half was surveyed for school and since the railroad sold the town sites Lots it bypassed many of the existing settlements. a new town was plotted and that was Luling.
There are several versions of how Luling got its name; the handbook of Texas says it was named for the wife of the president of the railroad JH Pierce. Another says it was named for Charles Luling, a German investor in the railroad.
