Old Baylor University grew from the efforts of Judge R.E.B. Baylor and others, was chartered by the Republic of Texas on Feb. 1, 1845, and opened in 1846 as the oldest university in Texas operating under its original name. Before moving in 1886 to Belton and Waco, Baylor was located here for 40 years under Presidents H.L. Graves, R.C. Burleson, G.W. Baines, whose great grandson Lyndon Baines Johnson became the 36th U.S. President, and W.C. Crane. This site was Baylor Female College, while men attended Baylor University on the hill to the south across the "River Jordan."