​Site of the Home of
Mirabeau B. Lamar
​1798-1859

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Marker Text: ​Father of Texas education. President of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1841. He lived here from 1851 to 1859. (1936)

Marker No: 9004

Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker

Geographic: 29.576929,-95.750771

Location: Ransom Road, just south of the intersection with Hillcrest Road. In front of county jail