Post Oak Academy

ID: 1846 ~ Source: Caufield, Alice Owens, interviewed by Rebecca Sharpless, February 15, 1993, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
This file appears in: African American Community of Robinsonville

Alice Owens Caufield recalls attending the Post Oak Academy as a child in the 1910s.

This file appears in: African American Community of Robinsonville

By Stephanie Endicott
In 1852, John Robinson arrived in Central Texas, from Demopolis, Alabama, with his family and six slaves, founding what would soon become known as Robinsonville. Two years later, his brother Levi joined him, bringing his own family and an additional…