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Willow Lane School, 1897 (from Prairie Post Aug. 13 1959, p. 7).jpeg
Photograph of Willow Lane school students by the schoolhouse, taken October 18, 1897.

Front row (left to right): Floyd Grady, Lloyd Grady, Harry Mendenhall, Ray Miller, Grover Hoff, Elmer Geiling, John Shoemaker, Walter Grady, Hubert…

Randall School, DeWitt County Notes.pdf
Research notes pulled from newspaper articles regarding Randall School in DeWitt County, Illinois.

The_Daily_Review_Sat__Nov_25__1905_.jpg
Image of Mud Chapel School from the Decatur Daily Review newspaper, 1905.

Mud Chapel School was in existence from 1869 until 1925 and was located approximately 5 miles west and 1 mile north of Maroa, Illinois.

Mud Chapel School.jpeg
Mud Chapel School building and students, 1913.

Front row (left to right): Roy Shoemaker, Arthur (Sonny) Todd, Bertha Shoemaker, Phineas Shoe, John Bennett, Velma Weikle, Vey Bird, Russell Prather.

Second row: Eugenia Leiter (teacher), Garrett…

Blue School, DeWitt County, 1914.jpg
Blue School was built in 1872 and closed in 1948, when it was consolidated into the Maroa-Forsyth School District. The building was sold in Spetember 1956.

Caption: "Photo, Courtesy of Mrs. Omar Stonebraker

Pupils in Blue School, in 1914 were…
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