Site of Clifton Lutheran College
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N 31° 46.573 W 097° 35.118
14R E 633955 N 3516501
Black metal marker on a metal post along S. Ave Q in front of the log cabin which is on display at the Bosque Museum.
Waymark Code: WMWNTK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2017
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The marker gives the history of Clifton Lutheran College, which began here in 1896 as a high school.
Marker Number: 4756
Marker Text:
Organized May 6, 1896. Located on land donated by N. J. Nelson and T. T. Hogevold. The first building, erected with voluntary donations and labor, opened as high school October 28, 1897; after 1923 housed artifacts collection of Jacob Olson, early Norwegian settler. Under the direction of Dr. Carl Tyssen, president, college courses were offered in 1922; accredited as a two-year college in 1924. High school was discontinued in 1938. College merged with Texas Lutheran College, Seguin, in 1954. Two buildings formerly used by the college remain on the site.
(1975)
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