Cliftonbr/Bosque County, Texasbr/31 46.578' N 97 35.114' Wbr/Directions: Start at the intersection of 9th Street and Avenue Q. Go 50 feet south on Avenue Q. The marker is on the right (west) side of the street.br/ br/Text: Organized May 6, 1896. Located on land donated by N. J. Nelson and T. T. Hogevold. The first building, erected with voluntary donations and labor, opened as high school October 28, 1897; after 1923 housed artifacts collection of Jacob Olson, early Norwegian settler. Under the direction of Dr. Carl Tyssen, president, college courses were offered in 1922; accredited as a two-year college in 1924. High school was discontinued in 1938. College merged with Texas Lutheran College, Seguin, in 1954. Two buildings formerly used by the college remain on the site.