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Island - Hog Island- First school in Dewey Township
is thought to be:
Hog Island School established 1858. Was located just South
of St. Martin of Tours Cemetery. Miss White was the first teacher.
In 1888
John Teirney was teaching there.
A second school was later built on the
same site and was used up to 1900. The building was then moved into LaCrosse
across for the library
and in 1963 was the residence of Emil Werner,
Harrington School aka English Lakelocated near
English Lake.
in 1888 Emma Hall was teacher. - The school may have been in
use until 1893.
La Crosse School - later the "Old Annex" - razed in
1956
1888 - Cora Willis - teacher
Old school records located by
the 1963 La Crosse Centennial group showed some of the teachers and
students
for around the 1893 period.
Teachers: Ida Dils, Aggie Bunnell,
Sadie Chase and Emma Hall
Children on the same grouping were: Halley Greene,
Jerry and Jimmy Allen, Harry Hanson, Zeald Lewis, Maggie Taylor, Grace
Seegrist, Jennie Harrington, Henry Lawrence
Mary Smith, Max Trynoski, Della
Inman, Rudy Podock, Alice Yeakel, Millie Witham, Thomas Booth and Christian
Kirckbie.
- in existance in 1927 - 28. 1927-28; grades 1 through 12 taught
(included high school grades)
Stowell School 1 mile West of LaCrosse . Closed when LaCrosse school new brick school was built in 1900.
Holiday School - Southeast part of the county across from what was known as the Duane Stoller farm in 1963.
Wilder School - located just south of LaCrosse -
Section 33 of Dewey Township. - One of the teachers was Betty (Williamson)
Stotler
Two room school house- in existance in 1927 - 28. 1927-28; grades 1
through 8 taught