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Goose Lake School, 1898
District #1, Tin Box School, 1917
This photo appeared in the August 3, 1898 The Stillwater Gazette (weekly), part of the "Our County Public Schools Series" column (see this issue for a detailed history of the school district up to that time).
If you have photos of this school (including an original print of the above photo), or if you have memories of Goose Lake School to share, contact us.
| District formed | 1858 |
| Years schools built | 1869 (held in private homes before that), 1894 (pictured above) |
| General location | Northeastern part of the town of New Scandia, one mile north of Scandia. |
| Modern address | 220? N. Olinda |
| District boundaries | "This district originally extended west to Forest Lake, but some changes made in the southern and western boundaries. Bone Lake, Sand Lake and Vasa have each taken some of the territory which belonged to it." |
| Disposition | Razed |
| Notes | "Probably the first district in the state of Minnesota to adopt free text books." |
Known Teachers
Researched and Collated by Autumn Schreiber
| 1868-1869: | Lavenna Maxwell (spring term) |
| 1869-1870: | Candace Welshons (spring term) |
| 1870-1871: | Candace Welshons (spring term) |
| 1871-1872: | Alfred Swenson (fall & spring terms) |
| 1872-1873: | Alfred Swenson (fall term) |
| Jennie Mobeck (spring term) | |
| 1873-1874: | J. A. Swenson (fall term) |
| Louis Sammers (spring term) | |
| 1874-1875: | Lottie Mobeck (fall term) |
| J. Rose (spring term) | |
| 1875-1876: | Marta Nelson (fall term) |
| Belle Holt (spring term) | |
| 1876-1877: | J. G. Rose (fall & spring terms) |
| 1877-1878: | Andrew Falk (fall term) |
| 1878-1879: | Christina Young (fall term) |
| Belle Holt (spring term) | |
| 1879-1880: | John Bruner (winter term) |
| Carrie Olson (spring term) | |
| 1880-1881: | A. B.Falk (fall term) |
| Christina Young (winter term) | |
| Bridget Malone (spring term) | |
| 1881-1882: | John Bruner (winter term) |
| Christina Young (fall or spring term) | |
| 1882-1883: | Andrew Hohn (winter term) |
| Bridget Malone (spring term) | |
| 1883-1884: | Kate McLeir (winter term) |
| C. J. Monson (spring term) | |
| 1884-1885: | George Forsberg (winter term) |
| C. J. Monson (spring term) | |
| 1885-1886: | C. J. Monson (winter term) |
| 1886-1887: | Mary Hult (winter term) |
| 1887-1888: | Louis Chambeau (winter term) |
| Adolph Torell (spring term) | |
| 1888-1889: | Emil Newlander (winter & spring terms) |
| 1889-1890: | Eliza Winn (winter term) |
| 1890-1891: | H. E. Smith (winter term) |
| Adolph Torell (spring term) | |
| 1891-1892: | Emil Newlander (winter term) |
| Martha Elliot (spring term) | |
| 1892-1893: | Martha Elliot (winter term) |
| Bertha Holcombe (spring term) | |
| 1893-1894: | Bertha Holcombe (fall & spring terms) |
| 1894-1895: | J. W. Gordon (winter term) |
| 1895-1896: | J. W. Gordon (fall & spring terms) |
| 1896-1897: | Anna Costello (winter & spring terms) |
| 1897-1898: | Anna Costello (all terms) |
| (sometime before 1898) | Amos Hill |
| (sometime before 1898) | John Rose |
| 1898-1899: | Anna Costello (all terms) |
| 1899-1900: | J.H. Peterson (winter term) |
| G.A. Magnuson (spring term) | |
| 1900-1901: | Ella Sexton (fall & spring terms) |
| 1901-1902: | C.A. Callerstrom (fall term) |
| Bertha Holcombe (spring term) | |
| 1902-1903: | Lillian Lundgren |
| 1903-1904: | Hannah Olson |
| 1904-1905: | Hannah Olson |
| 1905-1906: | Lena Anderson |
| 1906-1907: | Ethel A. Rydeen |
| 1907-1908: | Hannah Berggren |
| 1908-1909: | Effie Chapman |
| 1909-1910: | Mary Newton |
| 1910-1911: | Esther Bloom |
| 1911-1912: | Esther Bloom |
| 1912-1913: | Esther Johnson |
| 1913-1914: | Grace Peterson |
| 1914-1915: | Annetta Erickson |
| 1916-1917: | Emily Nelson |
| 1917-1918: | Esther Johnson (mo. 1 & 2 alone) & Ruby Swenson (then co-taught) |
| 1918-1919: | Ella Johnson & Ruth Morrison |
| 1932-1933: | Ruth Sampson & Viola Mody |
| 1934-1935: | Murial Johnson |
| 1938-1939: | Grace Morrison Ellen Anderson |
| 1939-1940: | Grace Anderson (lower grades) Muriel Johnson (upper grades) |