​Lon Morris College

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Marker Text: ​Oldest junior college in Texas. Founded in Kilgore by Dr. Isaac Alexander, pioneer educator. In 1875 it became property of the East Texas (now the Texas) Conference of the Methodist Church. It was moved to Jacksonville in 1894.
​     A junior college since 1912, renamed Alexander College (1916), it was retitled in 1924 to honor Pittsburg (Tex.) banker R. A.(Lon) Morris. First junior college in Texas with a Phi Theta Kappa scholarship fraternity; Also member Southern Association of Colleges longer than any other junior college in the state. (1971) 

Marker No: 6848

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 31.952854,-95.277321

Location: Campus of Methodist Junior College. 800 College Avenue, Jacksonville