Historical MarkerEast Texas Normal College
Cooper · Delta County · Dedicated 1967 · THC Atlas #5119006935
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Marker Inscription
Founded 1889 by W. L. Mayo (1861 - 1917), a teacher educated in Kentucky, Virginia and Indiana, who came to Pecan Gap, Texas in 1886. He was a native of Kentucky. He attracted a strong faculty to college on this site. A young teacher he soon married was a capable business manager. A high board fence enclosed campus here. The one building (T-shaped, 2-story, typical of its era, with porches upstairs and down), housed a dynamic school until razed by fire in 1894. Mayo was given aid to rebuild in Commerce; school survives as East Texas State University. RTHL - 1967
About this site
East Texas Normal College is a historical marker in Cooper, Delta County, dedicated in 1967. It is one of 22 historical markers documented in Delta County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 54 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.3697, -95.6878 near Cooper. The nearest cataloged historic site is First National Bank (historical marker), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Texas Livery Stable, Delta County Courthouse, and Cooper Rail Depot.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5119006935. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
