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| Marker Title: | Lagarto College | |||
| Address: | off Fm 534, on CR 174 | |||
| City: | Lagarto | |||
| County: | Live Oak | |||
| Year Marker Erected: | 1967 | |||
| Designations: | na | |||
| Marker Location: | 0.2 mile west of FM 534 on CR 174 in Lagarto | |||
| Marker Text: |
Site of Live Oak County's only college. Opened 1884, with 4 teachers. Promoted locally to further town's growth (population 500). Once-prosperous Lagarto failed after 2 railroad bypasses. School closed, 1895. Two story building was moved and used as a ranch house. |
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| Links of Interest: | Lagarto College - Handbook of Texas Online | |||
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