Details for Aranama College
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5175000178
Data
| Marker Number | 178 |
| Atlas Number | 5175000178 |
| Marker Title | Aranama College |
| Index Entry | Aranama College |
| Address | |
| City | Goliad |
| County | Goliad |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 657622 |
| UTM Northing | 3170954 |
| Subject Codes | educational topics; Presbyterian denomination |
| Marker Year | 1965 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | From Goliad, take Highway 183 177A south about .5 mile to Park Road 6, Goliad State Park, Goliad. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Named for 18th century Indian converts of Mission Espiritu Santo de Zuniga. A men's college. Founded 1852 by Western Presbytery of Texas. Used buildings of old mission plus funds given by Goliad. Taught Latin, Greek, geography, surveying, bookkeeping, writing, reading, elementary and higher mathematics, English grammar and orthography. Closed--like most of Texas' 25 colleges--after the Civil War began (1861) and most students joined the Confederate Army. Had its buildings wrecked in the great storm of 1886. (1965) |