Historical Marker
Lagarto College
Historical marker location:
off Fm 534, on CR 174, Lagarto, Texas
( 0.2 mile west of FM 534 on CR 174 in Lagarto)
Marker installed: 1967
Site of Live Oak County's only college. Opened 1884, with 4 teachers. Promoted locally to further town's growth (population 500). Once-prosperous Lagarto failed after 2 railroad bypasses. School closed, 1895. Two story building was moved and used as a ranch house.