Baker Ranch School
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GeoGrands
N 32° 01.265 W 102° 25.737
13S E 742829 N 3545662
Marker is located on US 385 at the south side of intersection of US 385 & SH 158.
Waymark Code: WM16QX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/04/2007
Views: 18
Marker Number: 280
Marker Text:
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.
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