Travis County Rural Schools - Defender Yearbook (Pflugerville, TX)

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1 ffiiisio UB THE FIRST scHnoL NOUSE'WHlUH svoou IN THE coHHuHlTY,NoH xnohn AS R0SE'HILL4 wAs NAMED NELLEVTLLE, IN 1879. AT FIRST fr wAs USED AS A DIELLING PLACE. 'A MH. FR AHKEHSTEJH Ja CREDITED WITH THE Eu!LnlHa DF THIS SCHOOL. ONE YEAR LATEH, MH. HEHHY NELLE noHATEo oHE HALF ACRE or LAHn ron A SCHOOL, AND BNE HALF AonE Fun A OEIETERYQ PRIOR T6 1880, THERE wAs N0 CHURCH IN THE ooHHuH1TY, con- SEQUENTLY, THE SCHOOL HOUSE ALSO sEHvEo IN THAT CAPACITY. HowEvER, IN 1880, MH. HENRY NELLE DBIATED AH ADDITIONAL roun AND ONEHHALF ACRES or LAND ron UNURGH naouHns, Ann A CHURCH :As EREGTED on THE BAKE. IH THE SAME YEAR, RDSES HERE PLANTED on THE anoulms AND THE NAME :As CHANGED TD ROSE HILLA THE SCHOOL MOUSE WAS THEN nEuunLT AND wAs MOVED A LITTLE FAHTHEH NORTH. IH 1919, THE BUILDING, PREVIOUSLY HEHTloHEn, WAS TORN DOWN Ann REBUILT, THIS TIME INTO A Tlo-Hoon BUILDING. SIHQE THEN IT HAS SEEN IMPROVEMENTS Fnou YEAH T0 YEAH.