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An early Texas college, founded near this site (at that time part of Brushy Mound), 1879; re-established as Alta Vista College, 1885. Transferred in 1893 to Presbyterian Church, it was renamed Red Oak Academy and inspired name for this section: "Academy Hill". The school closed in 1899.


State Historical Survey Commission, 1968.

private property-marker in back yard and fenced in...Academy Hill, 2 miles W. of Burleson, Johnson County Texas

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