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MUSE ACADEMY

Historical marker, 1976.

SITE OF

MUSE ACADEMY

A NATIVE OF VIRGINIA, JAMES S.

MUSE (1804-1878) PROSPERED AS A

HEMP GROWER IN MISSOURI BEFORE

COMING TO TEXAS WITH HS WIFE

MARGARET SLAUGHTER. HE BOUGHT

320 ACRES AND BUILT THIS HOUSE

IN 1858-59. IN ONE WING WHICH

WAS LATER REMOVED, HE OPENED

MUSE ACADEMY, ALSO KNOWN AS

MOUNT PLEASANT HIGH SCHOOL.

A LAY PREACHER IN THE CHRISTIAN

CHURCH, HE WAS ALSO A GREEK AND

LATIN SCHOLAR. OTHER INSTRUCTORS,

INCLUDING HIS DAUGHTERS, WERE

ADDED AS THE SCHOOL GREW. MANY

CHILDREN OF PROMINENT PIONEER

FAMILIES IN NORTH TEXAS ATTENDED.

THE SCHOOL CLOSED IN 1871.

James Muse

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