Marion High School - Warrior Yearbook (Marion, KS)

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R 4' 9 vb E M 5 ANlD .J K-J MHYIOR High School In the Spring of 1864 the first schoolhouse in MRYIOD County was side of Muddy Creek in Section 32 This small building had a dirt floor puncheon seats and a dry goods box furnished a desk for the teacher The first school was taught by Miss Rebecca A Shreve who had an attendance of fifteen pupils but the school was disorganized on ac count of an Indian scare and later in the winter a very short term was taught by Jane Wentworth in a little lean to attached to a log house near where Taylor Riddle s house now stands J N Rogers taught in the log schoolhouse which was re construct ed on Muddy Creek in the Fall of 1865 Marion County was organized in June 1865 and after the election of the County Officers in August School District No 1 was established its boundaries being co extensive with those of the county Its bound aries included all of Southwest Kansas as it extended to the West line of the State The Old Santa Fe Trail crossed the country ln a South westerly dire: tion In the schools taught in the winter of 1865 and 1866 the teacher was paid from public money from liquor license fees collected mostly from ram-hmen many of whom sold intoxicating liquors In 1867 the county and school district Jointly erected a stone building two stories high the upper story used for a Court room and county officers quarters and the lower for a school room. The new Court House now stands a little South of the site of the old County and School building. The first school was taught in the new building by J. N. Rogers in 1868. In the Spring of 1872 School District No. 1 having disposed of its interests in the old County and School Building. to the County voted S5 000.00 to build a new schoolhouse on the hill. The School Board at that time was composed of: J. N. Rogers director' Frank Doster clerk George Griflith treasurer. The contract for the building of this schoolhouse was let to Sam T. Howe and S. B. Tubbs. The building, was completed in 1873. An ad- dition was built in 1889 to the old school building on the hill, and built North of and adjoining the old building, so now both buildings form the present High School building. fs rex- . ,CQAMSQ , I ef Q f 'K I 1. I 1' ' ' - I ,, ,I ' I I Q , f cf ' so . 4 ' 2' I t fy ' Q I I A ' s . g built of logs loaned the settlers by M. John Snow. located on the east

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