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DISTRICT FORMED | 1852 |
YEARS SCHOOLS BUILT | 1860 |
GENERAL LOCATION | Southwestern corner of Washington County, slightly southeast of Colby Lake. |
MODERN ADDRESS | 11256 Bailey Rd. in Woodbury. |
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES | Colby Lake marks the northwestern corner; included the eastern half of Woodbury and the western tier of sections of Afton. |
DISPOSITION | now a residence |
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MEMORIES: | “The first morning when I showed up in this cloud of uninformed expectancy, one of my 5th grade boys whose family farm sat on the brow of the hill rode a prancing pony up the 4 concrete steps into the school. I must have looked startled, for the boy turned the creature about and departed as quickly as he had entered. This was only the first event of many disillusioning me as to the nature of the rural children I was to be shut away with every day for the next year.”-Edwin G. Robb |
Known Teachers:
(winter term, summer term) 1860-1: John Watson 1861-2: Miss Tanner 1876-7: Henry Briggs, Emma McHattie 1877-8: B.W. Rengra, Ellen McHattie 1878-9: C.R. Middleton, Cora Tyler 1879-80: C.R. Middleton, Annie McHattie 1880-1: J.W. Gordon, Sarah Bingaman 1881-2: Charles Moutoux and John Howard, Lizzie Withrow 1882-3: Emma McHattie (both) 1883-4: L. Gilman, Clara Swanson 1884-5: Jennie Witherspoon (both) 1885-6: Ida Season (both) 1886-7: Hattie Withrow, Annie McHattie 1887-8: Annie McHattie (both) 1888-9: Annie McHattie (both) 1889-90: Annie McHattie (both) 1890-1: Margaret McHattie (both) 1898-9: Winifred Snee 1899-1900: Eliza Stotesbury 1901-2: Eliza Stotesbury 1902-3: Eliza Stotesbury 1907-8: Clara Kernkamp 1908-9: Clara Kernkamp 1909-10: Hannah Greer 1936-7: Doris Spreeman 1937-8: Doris Spreeman 1938-9: Doris Spreeman 1939-40: Doris Spreeman 1943-4: Harriet Palm Lee 1948-9: Edwin Robb |
Other teachers (before 1898): Mr. Rogers, Mr. Rice, Miss Vanslyke, Miss Seely, W. W. Hall, Miss Rufner, Miss Moss, T.P. James, Emily Crippen, Annie McHattie, Adda Ayres, Mary Borene. (after 1898): Elsie Peterson, Miss Bostoe, Miss Fleming, Mrs. Jensen, Mrs. Briggs, Mrs. Black, Lavina Bush, Clara Kernkamp, Mamie Feeley, Deela Johnson, Grace White. |