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| District formed | 1871 |
| Years schools built | 1871, 1877, early 1880s |
| General location | Northern part of Oneka, just west of Hugo |
| Modern address | Located at Irish Ave. near Withrow. |
| District boundaries | Oneka Lake marked the northwestern corner and School Lake marked the southeastern corner. Southeastern corner lost when districts consolidated in 1952. |
| Disposition | Now razed. |
| Notes | 1871: District established
and the first schoolhouse was built on a section 26. Later, in the 1890s,
a Mr. Benjamin Sawyer owned farmland there. The first school had 32 students
it's first year. 1877: A new building was erected on section 14, when District 63 was organized. Early 1880s: A cyclone tears off the roof and shed, and was rebuilt. 1897: New wood floors are put in. *The school was in the town of Oneka, and was named after a lake in the town. *Enrollment in 1898: 56 students. In 1938: 27 students. In 1939: 36 students. |
| Memories: | "One day the teacher was talking to and questioning the small pupils in history concerning the persons about whom they had been reading. A little fellow remarked with an important air, that Benjamin Franklin invented fire-wood and electricity', and another member of this class, said that 'Daniel Boone crossed over the mountains into Kentucky to hunt for the Revolutionary War." -Stillwater Gazette, Nov. 1898 |
Known Teachers:
| 1871-2: Mary Withrow 1896-7: Mrs. A.H. Staples 1897-8: Mrs. A.H. Staples 1898-9: Mrs. A.H. Staples 1938-9: Margery Knapp 1939-40: Margery Knapp Other teachers: (before 1898): Mamie F. Meredith, Lilla Withrow, Hattie Wilklow, Eunice B. Gage, Cassie M. Knight, Cecil Dilley. |