Texas Historical Markers on the campus of SFA

Texas Historical Marker #13945 was placed in front of the Austin Building in a wooded area known in Mrs. Baker's youth as Owl Woods. It is part of the original 1920s campus. Mrs. Baker wrote a poem to this area entitled "The Pine Tree Hymn" which became the words to the college's first school song.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Karle Wilson Baker
Marker Dedication

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Charlotte Baker Montgomery stands beside the Texas Historical Marker dedicated to her mother, poet Karle Wilson Baker. For a copy of the program of the dedication, go here.

 

Dedication Crowd

Sarah Jackson, author of Mrs. Baker's biography, speaks to the assembly of family, friends, faculty, Regents, and President Pattillo at the dedication on December 14, 2007.

Principle Guests

From L to R: Diane Baker, Jerry Baker (grandson), Carol Willis (grand neice), Charlotte Baker Montgomery (daughter), Valerie Ertz (Chair, Board of Regents), Dr. Baker Pattillo (President of SFASU), Sarah Jackson (speaker & biographer), Dr. Jere Jackson (Chairman, Nacogdoches County Historical Commission).

 

 

Links:

The Marker Dedication • Program from Dedication • Karle Wilson Baker: SFA's First Star

 
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