My photo album is incomplete. In the meantime, I suggest viewing the site prepared by Kansas Heritage that shows images of old one-room Kansas schools.
 Arvonia, Kansas is north of I 35, east of Emporia and west of Lebo Junction. Just before crossing the bridge over Melvern Lake, at the far west of the lake, take a left to the bait shop.This has to be the prettiest of all the one room schools. |
 Bazaar was at one point the largest cattle shipping point in Kansas. Before the arrival of the railroads and the towns of Wichita and Caldwell, the Chisolm Trail passed by on its way north from Texas to Atchinson, Kansas. The area is famous for its Bluestem grass on which the cattle feed. |
Chestnut Grove, Franklin County, Kansas. School is 3 miles south of Rantoul and 1 1/4 miles east on John Brown Highway. Kansas Heritage Project One Room Schoolhouse.
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 Lower Foxcreek, a half mile north of the Z bar Ranch on the Kansas Scenic Byway Highway 177. The park staff at the ranch has developed a new curriculum-based education program. Click on the link for information on Education Day at the Z Bar/Spring Hill Ranch. |
 The school opened in 1897 teaching both English and German to the area students. The last semester was 1941. |
 The school served as a training school for Shawnee and Delaware Indians from 1839 until 1854 and later as a subscription school to area students.The 12 acre site with three buildings is a National Historic Site and museum. |
Spring Valley, Kansas is north of Newton, north from Hesston off Interstate 135, go 20 miles.
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West Valley, Kansas is north of Haven off Highway 96. It is south of Highway 50 by a mile or so. |
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Hello, I have photos of my great-grandmother's school house in Kensington, Smith County, Ks. Her name was Ellen Jane Vessey (1880-1969). Her family were some of the original settlers in Smith Co. How can I submit photos for this project? Thank you
ReplyDeleteSorry for the long, long delay. my email is arthurhdavis@gmail.com. I will try to get at it expeditiously. Smith County is up there, near Nebraska, and Willa Cather country.
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I believe my grandfather (and his siblings) and my mother (and all her siblings) attended a one-room school house then called "Science Valley" in or just on the bounds of Winfield, Kansas. My grandfather was born in 1897, and I KNOW he attended and loved it. My mother was born in 1925...Harold Alexander Graham, siblings Grace, Alice, Alex, Stacey, and Edward. My mother--Patricia A. Graham, with siblings Allen Graham, Jr., and Hugh Graham. My grandmother, Laura May Zwiebel Graham was sort of like a journalist/historican...so I have hundreds of her letters describing things, including the school, about Winfield. Their farm is the property on which the "new" present Winfield High School sits. We have photos of my grandfather with a shovel, making the first dig, which were in the Winfield Courier.
ReplyDeleteI want to confirm that there was a one-room school called "Science Valley" in Winfield...and I'm wondering if that one photo of the Winfield School House, taken in 1906, is it. If yes, my grandfather may be the one standing on the wagon wheel to the far left... He would have been about 9 when the photo was taken.
I wrote the note about above, asking whether there was a "Science Valley" one-room school house in Winfield Kansas. I think it was still standing in the 1990s. Me: pamelaAnnFuller@gmail.com
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