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Oak Park School, District #14, 1932-33. Teachers in the photograph are, left to right, Alice Hooley, Helen Wohlers, Anna Johnson, and Carrie Cover.
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| District formed | 1862 |
| Years schools built | two room building built in 1875, two more rooms added in 1886; two more in 1895 & 1896. |
| General location | South of Oak Park Heights, northwest of Bayport. |
| Modern address | Cover Park |
| District boundaries | South of Stillwater along the St. Croix River; Oak Park Heights region; North of Bayport. |
| Disposition | Razed |
| Notes | *The site of the school is now called "Cover Park." *Appeared in the Stillwater Gazette "Our county public schools series on July 27, 1898. *A former teacher, Julius Muggley, was convicted of murdering his wife after leaving Oak Park and served a life term in the Wisconsin State Prison in Waupun, Wisconsin. *In June 1950, a special program was held in Oak Park School. Two students were presented awards from Stillwater American Legion Post 48. Honored for outstanding scholarship and leadership were Mary Lou Peulen and Eugene Kuehn. The two-story, wooden school had two classrooms on each floor, and two stairways leading to the second story. It had its own well, an auditorium-playroom, small kitchen, storeroom, office, and a small rest room. [Backwards Glance/1950 by Anita Buck - June 8, 2000 Courier News] |
Known Teachers
| Pre-1898: | Jennie Young |
| Frances Rhodes | |
| Rose O'Brien | |
| Mary O'Brien | |
| Harriet Cover | |
| Martha Elliott | |
| Margaret Elliot | |
| Mary Grady | |
| Lizzie Dungan | |
| Mrs. John Moulton | |
| Mrs. E. G. Butts | |
| Mrs. J. Q. Mackintosh | |
| Mrs. J. D. Engle | |
| Mrs. A. L. Morris | |
| Mrs. E. N. Swanson |
| 1863-1864: | Aaron Garrison |
| 1864-1865: | Aaron Garrison |
| 1860s: | John Lewis |
| 1874-1875: | Maggie O'Brien Moffatt |
| 1875-1876: | Frank Berry |
| 1898-1899: | Augustus Vaux Ruth Chambers Antoinette McCallen Mayme Goodrich Carrie Cover Agnes Harrington |
| 1918-1919: | Millie Wright |
| 1932-1933: | Carrie Cover (grades 1-2) Anna Johnson (grades 3-4) Helen Wohlers (grades 5-6) Alice Hooley (grades7-8) |