District No. 51

Olive Union

Taken in part from 

The History of the School Districts of 
Decatur County, Kansas
1940
compiled and completed
by Katie B. Cornell, July

School district #51 was formed July 18, 1885.  The school house was located on Section 3, Township 2, Range 28.  The school was know as Olive Union.  It being a union school of part of Olive and Sherman Townships.  

The first school house was a one room Soddy built in 1885.  In 1887 a larger sod school house was constructed to meet the ever increasing roll of school pupils.   In 1894 the district voted to build a frame building.  It was 30 feet long with 6 windows, double seats, blackboards and a teachers desk.  The library was started in 1906.