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.
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
Collection
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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