JAKES COLONY

NAME: Jakes Colony COUNTY: Guadalupe ROADS: 2WD GRID: 5 CLIMATE: Average Texas weather BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any time

COMMENTS: To get to Jake's Colony ,go south on Texas Hwy 123 for nine miles,then turn right on Elm Creek Road continue on until on your left hand side you see a sign for Jake's Colony Road.It is paved,and later turns to dirt.It hits Good Luck Road.Go right,and you will come out on FM Road 467,turn left to go to Olmos. REMAINS: Several houses

It was established by former slaves.It once had in 1904 a one room teacher school for seventy black students.There are scattered houses along the road.Also,on the right hand side is a long building with an open hall way which supossedly may have been a house of ill repute at one time. Submitted by: Holly Hilpert

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