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Baker Ranch School |
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Odessa,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 1' 23.21076",
-102° 25' 45.6072800016"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Since there were no public schools in rural Ector County, R.W. Smith and Teague Baker in 1906 erected an 8'x10' school building in Baker's pasture. They hired a teacher at $15 a month, plus room and board, which each furnished on alternate months. Ranch schools like this one taught not only children of ranchers, but also those of cowboys and nesters--small farmers coming west to homestead or to by land at nominal prices. Baker community later had a public school. Till the permian basin had good roads and buses, ranch schools served it well.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Baker Ranch School Historical Marker Location Map, Odessa, Texas
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