Details for Baker Ranch School
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5135000280
Data
Marker Number | 280 |
Atlas Number | 5135000280 |
Marker Title | Baker Ranch School |
Index Entry | Baker Ranch School |
Address | |
City | Odessa |
County | Ector |
UTM Zone | 13 |
UTM Easting | 742788 |
UTM Northing | 3545887 |
Subject Codes | ranches/ranching; educational topics |
Marker Year | 1965 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
Marker Location | From Ector County Courthouse, take US 385 East Service Road North about 12.5 mile (marker is before intersection of US 385 & SH 158) |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
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. (1965) |