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District No. 49, Concord Hill/Dibble/Mark Wright/Denmark
DISTRICT FORMED 1867
YEARS SCHOOLS BUILT 1868, 1877
GENERAL LOCATION South of Basswood Grove
MODERN ADDRESS Located at Pt. Douglas Dr.
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES N/A
DISPOSITION Now razed.
NOTES
  • 1867: District established. The first school is held in D.B. Dibble’s house.
  • 1868: A school is built.
  • 1877: The school is destroyed by a cyclone, and a new one is built.
  • 1942: The school is closed.
  • Enrollment in 1898: 10 students. In 1938: 10 pupils.
MEMORIES: “[In] later years the mother club raised money and bought us some small chairs. When the school closed in 1942 each family received a chair, and I still have the one my mother got.” -Loretta Pedacek Gorgus

Known Teachers:

1867-8: Malinda Steiner
1868: Mr. D. B. Gallinger
1921-2: Mildred Larson
1922-3: Mildred Larson
1923-4: Mildred Larson (unspecified end)
1924-5: Chauncey Van Alstine (unspecified beginning)
1925-6: Chauncey Van Alstine
1925-6: Chauncey Van Alstine
1926-7: Chauncey Van Alstine
1927-8: Alice Howard
1928-9: Alice Howard
1929-30: Alice Howard
1934-5: Virgie Rosenquist
1937-8: Lorraine Peterson
1938-9: Gertrude McLaughlin
1939-40: Edith Johnson
Other teachers:
John McGill, Thomas James, Ella Teal, Francis Beitz, Kitty Cover, Marion Van Alstine, Kate Schubert.