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The
Last One Room Schoolhouse In Texas
The Zimmersheidt School Colorado
County
FM 109 (west side of the road)
Between Frelsburg and Columbus
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Wildflowers
If you happen to be touring the wildflower trails of Colorado and Fayette Counties
this spring, you might make the effort to drive FM 109 in Colorado County. This
road runs north from Columbus
to the crossroads community of Frelsburg. At Frelsburg a right turn will take
you to New Ulm while a left
turn will take you to Fayetteville.
It's a nice tranquil drive and a good way to avoid the crush of drivers on highway
71.
FM 109, while somewhat deficient in the ever-popular, crowd-pleasing
bluebonnets, nevertheless has an impressive display of early wildflowers. Many
of the species appear quite early and several continue throughout the summer.
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sign's message testifies that wildflowers arrive early in Colorado County
Photo by John Troesser, 3-2003 |
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west side of FM 109 (on the left if you're coming from Columbus) you should have
no trouble locating the Zimmersheidt School. It's the only building that looks
like what it is - a tiny and tidy one-room schoolhouse that looks like it was
painted by Grant Wood. |
| | The
Zimmerschiedt School
Photo by John Troesser, 4-2003 |
The
School and Marker
Although those who paid for the marker were convinced
that this was "the last one room schoolhouse still standing in Texas, it (as the
song goes) ain't necessarily so. We checked with Mr. Bill Stein of Columbus' Nesbitt
Memorial Library who says that there are at least three other one room schoolhouses
still standing in Colorado County alone. |
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Marker placed by the Woodmen of the World
Photo by John Troesser,
4-2003 |
In addition
to the slightly erroneous claim, the bronze tablet furnishes this additional information:
"On January 18, 1855, Frederick A. Zimmerscheidt donated an acre of land
for the purpose of building a school. The school served the community from February
1, 1857 until it consolidated with the Columbus Independent School District in
1948."
The marker was placed by the Sycamore Camp # 7 of the Wooden of
the World in on New Year's Day 1980. |
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