Historical Marker
Rutersville College
Historical marker location:
Rutersville, Texas
( from Rutersville, take County Round (Old College Rd.) east 1 mile)
Marker installed: 1936
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.