Browse Collections (41 total)

A collection of The Prairie Post newspapers. This newspaper served the rural areas of Argenta, Chestnut, Cisco, Forsyth, Kenney, Latham, Maroa,…

A collection containing the items located in the time capsule found in the cornerstone of the high school building, which was built in Maroa in 1930.…

The Maroa/Maroa-Forsyth Alumni Association began in 1917 and disbanded in 2004. The association held yearly banquets and, in the early years,…

The American School, built in 1874, was located three miles east of Maroa. The school was consolidated into the Maroa-Forsyth School District in 1948…

Center Ridge School was located midway between Maroa and Warrensburg, three miles west of Emery. It was built in 1860 and closed in 1947, as part of…

Columbia School, 5 miles east, 2 miles south of Maroa (on E. Hampshire Road).

The school was consolidated in the Argenta-Oreana district in 1947.…

Items relating to Excelsior North school, which was about 4 miles west and 1.5 miles south of Maroa, Illinois.

The school opened in 1865 and was…

Fair Play School was located in Section 36 of Maroa Township, a half-mile east of Emery. The first schoolhouse was in existence prior to 1874. At some…

Flood School was located about 1.5 miles north of Forsyth on the west side of Rt 51. It was built in 1881 by Henry Flood and closed in 1942. The…