Texas Historical Marker

Add-Ran Christian College

Thorp Springs · Hood County · placed 1936

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Hood County, Texas

The story

Here J.A. Clark and his two sons, Addison and Randolph began a private school chartered in 1873 under the name of Add-Ran Christian College. Removed to Waco on December 25, 1895.

Reestablished at Fort Worth in 1909 as Texas Christian University.

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