Lester Gier, age 9, Independence School student, March 2, 1934

Lester Gier, age 9, Independence School student, March 2, 1934

Forsyth (Ill.)

Hickory Point (Macon County, Ill. : Township)

Rural schools

one-room schoolhouses

A photograph of Independence School student Lester Gier, age 9, dated March 2, 1934.

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.

Ruth Hoyland Scrapbook, 1928-1973, donated by Butch and Betty Smith. Local History Collection, Forsyth Public Library.

1934, March 2

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