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Black plaque № 16409

Rogers vicinity, TX, United States

Site of New Colony School. In 1905-1906 Czech families from Elgin (Bastrop County) and Taylor (Williamson County) relocated to this area and established the Nova Osada (New Colony) community. The first school, known as "Blue School," opened in 1909 in a one-room fraternal lodge hall built in 1908 on

land purchased from John and Frances Shenkir. Vince Stepan, Sam S. Bennett, and B.S. Guess served as first trustees. A 3-room school, built here in the early 1920s, served the area until 1942 when Ne

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