Independence School students, c. 1928
Title
Independence School students, c. 1928
Subject
one-room schoolhouses
Rural schools
Hickory Point (Macon County, Ill. : Township)
Forsyth (Ill.)
Macon County (Ill.)
Description
Independent School students, sometime in the late 1920s.
Front row: Roberta McKinley, Mildred Myers, Helen Myers, Dorothy Lehew, Eloise McKinley, Stella Mae Carothers, Virginia Lehew.
Back row: ? Kirby, Walter W. McKinley, ? Kirby, Teacher-Mrs. Ruth Thomas, ? Beimford, Frances Myers.
Independence School District #33 was 1.5 miles east of Forsyth on the south side of County Highway 20. The school opened prior to 1880 and was formed to stay "independent" of the Forsyth school.
Independence School closed in 1940.
Front row: Roberta McKinley, Mildred Myers, Helen Myers, Dorothy Lehew, Eloise McKinley, Stella Mae Carothers, Virginia Lehew.
Back row: ? Kirby, Walter W. McKinley, ? Kirby, Teacher-Mrs. Ruth Thomas, ? Beimford, Frances Myers.
Independence School District #33 was 1.5 miles east of Forsyth on the south side of County Highway 20. The school opened prior to 1880 and was formed to stay "independent" of the Forsyth school.
Independence School closed in 1940.
Source
Hickory Point Township Schools binder. Local History Collection, Forsyth Public Library, Forsyth, Illinois.
Date
c. 1928
Relation
Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (171).
Format
JPG
Identifier
2023-1095
Original Format
black and white photo
Files
Collection
Citation
“Independence School students, c. 1928,” MF School Archives, accessed May 2, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/109.
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