Browse Collections (41 total)

Willow Lane Schoolhouse

Willow Lane School, 1897 (from Prairie Post Aug. 13 1959, p. 7).jpeg

Collection regarding Willow Lane schoolhouse, which was 1.5 miles north and 1.5 miles east of Maroa.

Valerie Keith Papers

Maroa Grade School, 2nd Grade, c. 1928.png

Papers of Valerie Keith containing school documents for various family members and photographs of Maroa High School and Prairie Chapel school.

Upper Ridge School - Maroa, Illinois

Upper Ridge school, c. 1931.jpeg

Upper Ridge School was located 2.5 miles west of Maroa and named for the high ridge of land where it sat in the west/northwest part of the Maroa…

Trojan Athletic and Activities Newsletters

April 2024.pdf

This collection contains the newsletter put out by the Athletic Department.

Student Newspapers

2001 November/December, Blue and Gold Review, Maroa-Forsyth Junior High School student newspaper

The School Archives houses the majority of Blue and Gold issues from 1930 through 1960 and later Maroa/Maroa-Forsyth High School and Middle…

Sports Photos Prior to 1950

MHS basketball team, 1947:48 (see yearbook for names) 2023-1527.jpeg

Photos from various Maroa and Forsyth Grade, Intermediate, Junior High/Middle School, and High School prior to 1950.

Sports Photos 1950-2000

1954 MHS Football practice.jpeg

Photos from various Maroa and Forsyth Grade, Intermediate, Junior High/Middle School, and High School sports from 1950-2000.

Prairie Chapel School - Maroa, Illinois

Prairie Chapel School teacher (2023-1080).jpg

Prairie Chapel School was located 3 miles east and 2 miles south of Maroa. The building was built c. 1870 and also served as Epworth Chapel Church for…

Prairie Center School - Forsyth, Illinois

Prairie Center School, c. 1932.jpg

Prairie Center School was located in Section 20, Hickory Point Township about 1 mile north and .5 mile east of Bearsdale. The school was built…

Pleasant View North

Pleasant View North.pdf

Pleasant View North was located 3 miles west and 2 miles south of Maroa (Northwest corner of W. Hampshire Road and N. Bearsdale
Rd.). It was…