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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…

Miller School 1943.

Miller Schoolhouse, 1943.

Formed prior to 1867 and originally named Malone School, the Miller School was located on the southwest corner of Jordan Road and 1700 E. Road (northeast of Forsyth).

The school was consolidated…

Miller Schoolhouse, 1943.

Formed prior to 1867 and originally named Malone School, the Miller School was located on the southwest corner of Jordan Road and 1700 E. Road (northeast of Forsyth).

The school was consolidated in the Argenta-Oreana…

Research notes regarding Miller School, which was located on the SW corner of Jordan Road and 1700 E Road (northeast of Forsyth).

Miller School was consolidated into the Argenta-Oreana School District in 1948 and the schoolhouse was turned into a…

Columbia School classroom, c. 1934.

Some students in this class listed as: Wilma Ferrill, Jack Groves, the Nelsons, Norma Jean Wallace, Norma Ater, Carrol, Charles, Harold, Lazarre, and Maxine Elliott.

Columbia School was located 5 miles east,…

Research notes regarding the Columbia School, which was located 5 miles east, 2 miles south of Maroa (on E. Hampshire Road). The school district consolidated into the Argenta-Oreana district in 1947. The Columbia school land and building were sold in…

Research notes relating to Pleasant View North historic one-room school house in Maroa, Illinois.

Hylma Woodcock Pacely was the teacher at Excelsior North School, outside of Maroa, Illinois, from 1930-1945. She was the longest-consecutive teacher for that school.

Research notes relating to Excelsior North School, listing known teachers, major events, and news clippings. Sources cited.

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