Independence School students by pump, 1938-1939

Title

Independence School students by pump, 1938-1939

Subject

Rural schools
one-room schoolhouses
Forsyth (Ill.)
Macon County (Ill.)
Hickory Point (Macon County, Ill. : Township)

Description

Back row: Elinor Lewis, Wesley Gardner, Mrs. Hoyland, Lester Geer, Jean Heinz.

Front row: Norabel Gardner, Donald Gene Myers, Bobby Dalton, Ruth Lewis, Ted Lewis.

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.

Creator

Hoyland, Ruth

Source

Ruth Hoyland Scrapbook, 1925-1973, donated by Butch and Betty Smith.

Date

1938-1939

Relation

Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (171).

Format

JPG

Identifier

2023-1104

Original Format

black and white photograph

Files

Independence School stuents by pump, 1938-1939.jpg

Citation

Hoyland, Ruth, “Independence School students by pump, 1938-1939,” MF School Archives, accessed May 2, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/40.

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