Rutersville
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Marker Text: Founded in 1838 upon the recommendation of Dr. Martin Ruter (1785-1838) as a site for an institution of higher learning named in honor of Dr. Ruter, a pioneer Methodist missionary who entered Texas on Nov. 21, 1837, and weakened by his travels, died on May 16 1983. Later in the year of his death . A company of ten Methodists bought a tract of land, platted the townsite, and began to build Rutersville.
In 1840, Rutersville College was chartered by the fourth congress of the Republic of Texas as the Republic's first protestant college. The legislation specified the school should not be exclusively for the benefit of Methodist , and it was patronized by families of various faiths Ruterville students were noted for their loyalty to neighbors, sometimes spending days away from class, pursuing Indians. The Rev. Chauncey Richardson, A.M. (1802-1852), whose grave is nearby was half a mile was first president of the college, the campus was half a mile southeast of the marker. After the civil war ended in 1865. the original inhabitants of Rutersville sold their property. It later purchased by German immigrants, whose descendants now live here in large numbers. (1972) Marker No: 4395
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Aluminum 27 x 42 Subject Marker
Geographic: 29.946474,-96.798882
Location: from La Grange, take FM 159 northeast about 4.8 mile (in Rutersville)