WIP · World in Pocket

Black plaque № 24059

Pasadena, TX, United States

Pasadena Independent School District. Several Pasadena families met in the home of banker Charles Munger in 1893 to discuss the creation of a school for their children. The group converted Munger's chicken coop into a small one-room schoolhouse. Seventeen-year-old Russel Munger became the first teac

her. The community built a new structure the following year. The first school census in 1898 listed 27 school age children. Financially strapped by the gradual loss of county funds, the community want

Listen to the audio guide for Black plaque № 24059 Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off