This photo appeared in the April 15, 1899 The Stillwater Gazette (weekly), part of the “Our County Public Schools Series” column (see this issue for a detailed history of the school district up to that time).
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Kilty/County Home District No. 5, Stillwater Township
DISTRICT FORMED |
Originally part of Lyman District # 6 until June 1861 when it split off |
YEARS SCHOOLS BUILT |
1863 (previously in the Heifort home), 1870 (moved in 1877), post-1899 |
GENERAL LOCATION |
Originally on Marine Road, later moved one-half mile further north to the northern part of section 5. |
MODERN ADDRESS |
55th and 120th |
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES |
Eastern edge marked by Big Carnelian Lake and south end of Loon Lake marks southern boundary (as assessed in 1952). |
DISPOSITION |
Razed |
NOTES |
- “It was formerly a part of district No. 6, better known as the Lyman district, but this being so great a distance for the children to travel it was decided to divide the district, and No. 5 became a separate district in June, 1861.”
- “In the fall of 1863, a school house was built on the Marine road, on the same section (as the Heifort house) and about one mile east of the old one.”
- “This school house, unfortunately, was destroyed by fire in the fall of 1870, but was rebuilt the next year at a cost of $600.”
- In 1899, there were 19 students attending this school and teachers noted excellent attendance records.
- For a time, the school was divided into five grades denoted by the letters A through E.
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Known Teachers
1861: |
Emma Prescott |
1863: |
Kate Boutwell |
1877: |
Mary O’Brien |
Pre-1898: |
Mary Brown |
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Mary S. Jenkins |
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Maud Soule |
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Mary E. Grady |
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Cassie Knights |
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Amos H. Hill |
1898: |
D. Tillie Caplazi |
1909: |
Miss Engerstrom |
Kilty School in 1952.