Holly Oaks

Historical marker location:

Independence, Texas

( From Independence, take FM 390 W about 7 mi. to marker on N side of rd. by rock house at 2505.)

Marker installed: 1936

Home of Dr. Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1791-1873). Here he resided for many years and here he died. Baylor University bears his name.

houses residential buildings

The state of Texas was once an independent country known as the Republic of Texas. It gained independence from Mexico in 1836 and was a separate nation until it was annexed by the United States in 1845.