District No. 39 – Valley Creek School – Washington County Historical Society

Valley Creek School in 1912

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District No. 39, Valley Creek/Bolles
DISTRICT FORMED	1863
YEARS SCHOOLS BUILT	1885
GENERAL LOCATION	Northern part of Afton
MODERN ADDRESS	Located west of Co. Rd. 21.
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES	N/A
DISPOSITION	Now a residence
NOTES	The school was featured in a film called “Youth of a Nation” The first school was held in a blacksmith shop belonging to Mr. Bolles, with Mrs. Palmer as teacher. The school was then held in a boarding house. Enrollment in 1898: 33 students. In 1938: 25 students. A new schoolhouse was built in 1885.
MEMORIES:	“In the winter students could catch by hand sluggish trout in the creek and would bring them to school where they were buried in the snow until school was over for they day. It wasn’t an apple for the teacher- it was a trout for the teacher!” -Gloria Haslund

Known Teachers:

1897-8: Emma Hall
1898-9: Kitty Cover
1909-10: Eva Olson
1914-5: Marian Broeker Carlson
1915-6: Marian Broeker Carlson
1916-7: Marian Broeker Carlson
1938-9: Edythe Dahlgren
1939-40: Edythe Dahlgren
1946-7: Harriet Palm Lee
1947-8: Harriet Palm Lee
1948-9: Harriet Palm Lee

Teachers: (before 1898): E.J. Emerson, Cassie Rice, Annie White, Hattie Allan, Sophia Tyler, Alice Berry, Lizzie Van Slyke, Emma Folson, May Black, W.E. Bush.