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District No. 4 Taken in part from On October 4, 1879, school district number 4 was formed. The first school meeting was held November 3, 1879, and the permanent organization perfected at that time. The school was named "Vallonia". The first school was a three months term held in a dugout in 1880. This was a subscription school. The teacher boarding around with the patrons of the district and being paid a small amount of cash. In 1884 a sod school house was built. The school consisted of 60 pupils and 1 teacher. This building was a little better equipped, having benches for seats and a teachers desk. No definite school book was used. In 1888 there was a need for a new school house and a one room frame building was built. The school still continued to be a large one and fully appreciated their new building which was free of the worry of snakes and other insects. |
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1921 Standard Atlas of Decatur County Kansas Copyrighted 1921 by Geo. A. Ogle & Co . owned by Phil and Sharleen Wurm |