Perrysburg High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Perrysburg, OH)

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il., BLACK Xooto is f!'k'?,,. History of Perrysburg In 1816 parts of the United States Reservations on the lower Maumee River were surveyed for settlers by Agent Alexander Bourne and Surveyors Joseph Wampler and William Brookfield, including the plat of the present Village of Perrysburg according to Act of Congress that year. The lands were offered for sale in February 1817 by officers of the Land Office at Wooster, Ohio. This village plat was named in honor of Commodore Oliver H. Perry at the sugges- tion of Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office. Several log houses were built in that year and one frame house was built in the following ye.ar by David W. Hawley. Doctor Stewart and J. J. Lovett, bought the river tracts sixty-five and sixty-six, including the site of Fort Meigs and the settle- ments next to the river. At the close of the year 1819, the number of Americans in the settlements on the adjacent to the lower' Maumee River was estimated to be a little over six hundred. In 11822 the United States Congress was given the right to all unsold lots and outlots of the town plat of Perrysburg, on condition that the public build- ings of Wood County be located there. A special session of the Board at Perrys- burg was convened in 1823 for the purpose of attending to the erection and re- pairs of the public buildings of the County. A Court House for Wood County was built at Perrysburg in 1823 for 389500. This Court House was succeeded in 1843 by one of brick at a cost of 320,000 Education on the Maumee dates back before the war of 1812. A private school was maintained by the settlers, first at Miami and later at Fort Meigs. A grade school was organized by J. W. Ross in 1846. The first high school was founded in 1849 by A. D. Wright. The high school building at this time was a brick structure, 60x90 feet. Because of the increase of students entering P. H. S. every year, the building was enlarged in 1868. This building was destroyed by fire in 1894 and the present building was built in 1895 and was enlarged in 1917. The high school enrollment has increased very rapidly. In the first year of our school, 1849, the students numbered fifty. Today they number about two hundred and ninety-two high school students. Perrysburg High School was the first school in this section to become a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and her standards are maintained year after year by a very competent faculty. In 1925 we became a member of the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools. + 1931 + F ive