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District 14 Green Valley School
District 21 Prairie Center School (4 m. S, 4 m. W of Rushville)
District 22 [possibly replaced District 21]
District 30 School (12.5 m. S of Hay Springs, 3 m. east of SH 87) (Peters Lateral)
District 32 School
District 65 School (2.5 m. E of west county line)
District 73 School (10 m. E of west county line, 27 m. N of south county line)
District 85 School (10 m. N of Bingham)
District 85 School (aka Bingham School)
also District 85 (10 m. N of Bingham, 1 m. W of east county line)
District 93 School (15.5 m. S of Hay Springs on SH 87)
District 100 School (1.7 m. E. of west county line, 1 m. N of SH S-7A)
District 105 School (6.5 m. E of west county line)
District 112 School (on SH 250 1.3 m. S of Niobrara River, 2 m. W, 3 m. S)
District 117 School (1.8 m. E of west county line)
District 124 School ( 4 m. NW of Hoffland)
District 127 School ( m. of ?)
District 128 School (m. of ?) Longitude: -102.35.09 Latitude: 42.07.09
District 129 School (2.5 m. S of White Clay)
District 130 School (8.9 m. E of west county line)
District 133 School (between Orr Ranch & Berndt Co. Ranch)
Strasburger School 1922: Helen Van Trump (teacher); Lillian Sandoz, Wilma Sandoz, daughters of Pete Sandoz; Freddie Berndt, Irene Dover, Marie Dukat and Caroline Sandoz. Mari Sandoz also taught at this school.
Source: Sybil Malmberg Berndt, "Roots of Gordon", Sheridan County Journal, Gordon, NE 69343, June 16. 2004, p 4.
District 143 School (1 m. W of Mooney Ranch)
District 154 School (aka Leisy School)
District 158 School (2 m. E of Hamilton Ranch)
District 165 "N" School (North 165 School, on SH 250 at a "Y" fork)
District 165 "S" School (South 165 School, north side of lake about 3 m. W of SH 250)
District 166 School (4.5 m. E of SH 27, near Spring Lake Ranch)
Albany Pine Lodge School
Alcove School (9 m. S of Hay Springs on SH 87)
Banner School (about 5.3 m. S of Hay Springs then 4 m. east of SH 87)
Bingham School (aka District 85 School) (in Bingham)
Burton School (5 m. E of Ellsworth & N of SH 2) Longitude: -102.11.23 Latitude: 42.07.40
Clinton, NE
"A log schoolhouse was built, with an initial school term of 3 months. A larger school was built in 1890, a brick building was constructed in 1916, and expanded in 1934. In the 1930s, there were 100 students enrolled; 65 in elementary and 35 in high school." Clinton: History
Corner School (4 m. N, 1 m. E of Hay Springs)
Craven Creek School (NW corner of county)
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East Pride School (5 m. E, 0.75 m. N of Gordon)
Fairview School (10 m. S, 4 m. W of Gordon)
Fieldside School
Goldenrod School (3 m. N, 2 m. W of Hay Springs)
Gordon NE
"Kitty Hyde, teacher, opened the first school in 1885 with 27 students, the term lasting only three months."
A. G. Peterson, school principal in the late 1930s in Gordon.
Verlee Peterson (Owens) taught 6th grade in the late 1950s in Gordon.
Submitted by Verlee Owens (vrowens@earthlink.net)
Gordon: History has photo of early Gordon School.

Gordon High School:
Class of 1944 held sixtieth reunion May 29, 2004 (56 graduates that year). Twenty attended and 22 were remembered as deceased.

Green Valley School, District 14 (4.75 m. W of Rushville, 0.6 m. N) established 1887 (Doris Lawrence)

Hay Springs School first school 1885; class of 1895 (Anita Drain)

Hill Crest School (2 m. SW of SH 27 & Peterson Ranch)

Hillview School (6 m. N of Rushville, 0.2 m. E of SH 87)
Hillview School (7 m. S of Rushville)

Hinchley School (3.5 m. E of SH 27, south of Gordon)

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Leisy School (aka District 154 School)

Long View (West) School (5 m. S, 3 m. W of Gordon)

Long View (East) School (5 m. S, 5 m. E of Gordon)

Meadow Vale School (4 m. W, 2.25 m. S of Gordon)

Mill School (12 m. S Rushville, 1 m. W of SH 250)

Mount Pleasant School

North Star School

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Pleasant Hill School (5 m. W, 1 m. N of Gordon

Pleasant Valley School (3 m. W of Hay Springs)

Prairie Center School (4 m. S, 4 m. W of Rushville) District 21-22?. August Dohrman children attended according to Gloria Oberg.

Prairie Flats School (10.5 m S, 3.5 m. E of Gordon)

Prairie View School (4 m. S of Rushville)

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River View School (12.5 m. S of Hay Springs, 6 m. east of SH 87, a little north)

Rushville School
"Ernest M. Samuelson was the superintendent of schools for 13 years in Rushville," wrote David Leach Emmons.
Janet Peterson Mitchell teaches in Rushville at the present (2001) and Glen Mitchell is school principal.

Sand Ridge School (5.3 m. S of Hay Springs on SH 87)

Sandy Knoll School (3.8 m. E, 3 m. S of Rushville)

Spade School (0.3 m. SW of P. Strasburger Ranch

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Valley Union School (4 m. S of Gordon)

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Zogg School [located at the west end of Mirage Flats near the cemetery; Waechter land was between Niobrara and Box Butte Creek in sections 30 and 31 of Twn 29 N Range 45 W]
Mark Clapp and Rolland Dewing. The Mirage Flats Irrigation Project - A Pioneer's Dream Come True. quote from the Hay Springs Leader "Notice to Contractors: Bids will be received at the Zogg Schoolhouse Saturday, April 25, 1896, for the furnishing of about 100,000 feet of lumber for the construction of a flume across Sand Creek on line of Mirage Irrigation Canal...."

Subj: Zogg School in Sheridan Co
Date: 8/7/2001 11:21:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: nkthom@sentco.net (Norma Thompson)
Reply-to: nkthom@sentco.net
To: Sheridan Co. NEGenWeb
Waechter Land was between Niobrara and Box Butte Creek in sections 30 and 31 of Twn 29 N Range 45 W On the 1914 Atlas, Waechter name still appears which may be because widow was still living in SE NE or maybe land didn't get changed on atlas. I haven't made it to Sheridan County anytime when I've been able to look at land records to follow history of the land past homesteading. Did visit grave of gggrandfather on one trip and was on a Marie Sandoz tour with a group on the other trip. On that trip Caroline Sandoz Pifer told me her husband was born in Richardson County. One other great grandfather also tried to homestead there - Karl (Charles in Farmer's Gazatteer) Friedrich. Last summer I created a slide show presentation for my genealogy society that I called "Did Grandpa Know Old Jules?" There is a small book by Mark Clapp and Rolland Dewing, The Mirage Flats Irrigation Project - A Pioneer's Dream Come True. In it is quoted from the Hay Springs Leader, "Notice to Contractors: Bids will be received at the Zogg Schoolhouse Saturday, April 25, 1896, for the furnishing of about 100,000 feet of lumber for the construction of a flume across Sand Creek on line of Mirage Irrigation Canal...." Oh, as I read further it says that the Zogg Schoolhouse was located at the west end of Mirage Flats near the cemetery. Is that a clue to what district it was? Is that the cemetery in section 16 Township 29 Range 45 or is there another cemetery nearby that I don't see on the 1914 atlas? The first one was attempted in 1894-1905. Final one was completed 1948. The book tells about the struggles of the farmers and the adverse conditions that occurred in the mid years of 1890s. Particularly interesting to me because of my family's involvement in homestead attempting there. Thank you for the response. Norma Thompson <nkthom@sentco.net>

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