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| District formed | 1867 |
| Years schools built | 1868, 1877 |
| General location | South of Basswood Grove |
| Modern address | Located at Pt. Douglas Dr. |
| District boundaries | N/A |
| Disposition | Now razed. |
| Notes | 1867: District established.
The first school is held in D.B. Dibble's house. 1868: A school is built. 1877: The school is destroyed by a cyclone, and a new one is built. 1942: The school is closed. *Enrollment in 1898: 10 students. In 1938: 10 pupils. |
| Memories: | "[In] later years the mother club raised money and bought us some small chairs. When the school closed in 1942 each family received a chair, and I still have the one my mother got." -Loretta Pedacek Gorgus |
Known Teachers:
| 1867-8: Malinda Steiner 1868: Mr. D. B. Gallinger 1921-2: Mildred Larson 1922-3: Mildred Larson 1923-4: Mildred Larson (unspecified end) 1924-5: Chauncey Van Alstine (unspecified beginning) 1925-6: Chauncey Van Alstine 1925-6: Chauncey Van Alstine 1926-7: Chauncey Van Alstine 1927-8: Alice Howard 1928-9: Alice Howard 1929-30: Alice Howard 1934-5: Virgie Rosenquist 1937-8: Lorraine Peterson 1938-9: Gertrude McLaughlin 1939-40: Edith Johnson Other teachers: John McGill, Thomas James, Ella Teal, Francis Beitz, Kitty Cover, Marion Van Alstine, Kate Schubert. |