​Rutersville
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Marker Text: First institution of higher education in Texas recommended in 1837 by Martin Ruter, D.D. Chartered as a Methodist school in 1840. Granted four leagues of land by the Republic of Texas. After educating more than 800 students it merged in 1856 into the Texas Monument and Military Institute. (1936)

Marker No: 4396

Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker

Geographic: 29.942440,-96.795105

Location: from Rutersville, take County Round (Old College Road.) east 1 mile