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) |