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| District formed | 1876 |
| Years schools built | N/A |
| General location | N/A |
| Modern address | Located at 12288 Judy Ave. in Hugo. |
| District boundaries | N/A |
| Disposition | Now a residence. |
| Notes | *In his book, History
of Washington County and St. Croix Valley in 1881, Revered E.D. Neill
said the school was the "largest and best building in [Oneka] and...the
most complete country schoolhouse in the county." *School was 9 months long. *Enrollment in 1876: 36 students. In 1898: 41 students. In 1938: 24 students. *Was located in the SE corner of Oneka, formed after District 51 divided. *The ceiling was painted in 1938. |
| Memories: | "If the walls of that building, now converted into an attractive home, could speak, what tales they could tell of the joys, the worries, and the bustling activity of a kind of life now vanished but never forgotten!" -Ruth Schubert, Historical Whisperings, October 1974 |
Known Teachers:
| 1876-7: Lydia (Lila) Yorks 1898-9: Alice E. Fitzgerald and May Kinyon 1927-8: Ruth Schubert 1928-9: Ruth Schubert 1929-30: Ruth Schubert 1938-9: Mirian Jeans Other teachers: (before 1898): Johann Parle, Lizzie Withrow, Miss Boreen, Evelyn Smithson, Louise Lammers, Josie Greenwalt. |