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Early school history was reported in Wm. Cutler's "Nemaha County," History of Nebraska, 1882.
"The education of their children was an important precept to Nebraska's earliest settlers. There was no law to provide it, so the people of the communities organized and financed their own schools. In early 1855, a school [District 1] was organized on McKissick Island [Island Precinct] and held classes. That same summer the children of London attended a short session of school. By fall of 1855, Brownville had a school which operated for a few months. From this beginning, districts were formed until there were 82 school districts in Nemaha County. Methods of travel made it necessary to organize a school in every four square mile area. The one-room school was a part of the educational background of most of Nemaha County's children for many years."
Ref: Nemaha County Book Committee, Compiler, A History of Nemaha County, Peru: Nemaha Valley Museum. 1987. This book also contains a history of many of those rural schools by district, arranged by precinct.About 1858, a school at Peru was started by J. Manktello
Ref: Mears. Hills of Peru, pg 21.In 1861, Mount Vernon Academy, a Methodist institution, was founded in Peru, by Dr. John M. McKenzie who later served at state superintendent of schools. In 1867, this academy became Peru State Normal School by legislative enactment.
In 1870, District 3 replaced the earlier school in Peru.
Ref: Mears. Hills of Peru, pp 20-21.In 1871, District 15 Honey Creek School was in operation
For interesting memories of School District 6 in the 1920s. Memories
Today, after much school consolidation which closed the rural schools. Children are transported by bus to schools located in towns.
Aspinwall Twp
- Larkin School
Auburn (Douglas Twp) 2
- Athens School (2121 "O" St.)
- District 6 (Auburn)5
- Catholic School (2205 "N" St.)
- Cochran School (2 m. S, 1 m. E of Auburn)2
- Fairview School (4.5 m. E, 1.5 m. S of Auburn)
District 19 Forest Grove School (3 m. N, 2 m. E of Auburn) District 20 Grand Prairie School (1 m. N, 2 m. W of Auburn)2 Hickory Grove School (middle of Section 26) Highland School (4 m. N, 1 m. E. of Auburn) Calvert School (N St. & 21 St.) Cochran School (SW corner of Section 26) Sheridan School (N St. & Central Ave) Auburn Jr. School Auburn High School, 1927 (1804 "M" St.) view photo? Auburn High School Bedford Precinct (Howe Station)
- Howe School (1927)
- see old schools below
Benton Precinct (East)
- see old schools below
Benton Precinct (West)
- District 45, Mt. Zion School
- see old schools below
Brock
- Brock school staff-students view photo
- Brock High School view photo
Brownville
- In the fall of 1855, Brownville operated a school for a few months.1
Happy Hollow School (2.75 m. SW of Brownville) 2 Locust Groove School (3.5 miles W. of Brownville) 2 1901 Commencement Program view program District 34, Brownville School Douglas Twp.
- ? school (abt 2 m. S, 2 m. W of Auburn
J. S. McCarty lived with Naysmith family, as a single young man, taught at a nearby country school.Febing
- ?
Glen Rock
- Glenrock Villiage School
- Linden School (1 m. W, 1.5 m. S of Glenrock)2 About 1940-1942, Margery Jean Adams was the teacher.
Hillsdale
- Hillsdale District #55
- Boatman or St. Deroin School: My mother was Minnie A. Rice born 4 April, 1908 and attended schools in the Hillsdale & St. DeRoin areas. I am guessing that she graduated 8th grade shortly about 1922. (Dennis Herbster)
Howe
- ? School
Johnson
- Johnson High School (1927)
- Clifton School (1927)
- See Washington Twp (West)
Julian
- See Lafayette Twp (East)
London Precinct 2
- In the summer of 1855, children of London attended a short session of school1
- Pleasant Ridge (3.5 m. S, 1.5 m. W of Peru)
Long. -95.35.35 Lat. 40.25.19Nemaha
- Nemaha school
- District ? Champion School
- District 35
- District 36
- Maple Grove School (2.5 m. NW of Nemaha)2
Peru (Peru Twp)
- Peru State College
- T. J. Majors Training School (view old photo)
- District 3 School (Park St. & 8th St.)2
- District 15 Honey Creek School middle SE 1/4 of Section 27, T6N, R15E, Peru Twp.
Washington Twp (East)
- ? School (SW corner of Section 1)
- Johnson school (Section 7)
- District 29 School (Section 12)
- Hickory Groove School (1.5 m. S, 0.5 m. E. of Rohrs)2
Washington Twp (West)
St. Deroin
- ?? School
St. Frederick McKissick Island
- In early 1855, a school was organized on McKissick Island & held classes1
Other Communities Precincts/Townships: Aspinwall,
Bedford* (R14E-T4N),
Benton* (R12-13E-T4N),
Brownville* (R15E-T5N),
Douglas* (R14E-T5N),
Glen Rock* (R14E-T6N),
Lafayette*(R12E, T6N),
London,
McKissick's Island* (R15-16E-T6-7N),
Nemaha* (R15-16E-T4N),
Peru* (R15E-T6N),
St. Deroin,
Washington* (R12-13E-T5N)
* modern townshipsReferences:
- 1 A History of Nemaha County, 1987. compiled by the Nemaha County Book Committee, sponsored by the Nemaha Valley Museum.
- 2 Precision Mapping Ver 2.0, Ver. 3.0.
- 3 William Cutler. "Nemaha County," History of Nebraska, Andreas Publisher. 1882.
- 4 Personal recollection of Emmett Mason
- 5 "Memories"
- 6 Yearbooks of Auburn High School, 1940, 1950
- 7 "100th Anniversary of Pleasant View Church," 1957; & Ralph & Steve Leech
SCHOOL HISTORY & GRADUATES
Auburn Elementary Schools
Graduates of Auburn High School
Teachers: Emma Clark; Anna ?Ward??Marsh? (her parents Albert & Mary); Kate Cox from census
Brock High SchoolBrownville Elementary & High School
1880
1880s Teacher: Alice Evelyn Mason (aka Mrs. Bickford) was a teacher (date is uncertain)
1940s Teacher: Phyllis A. Palmer wrote, "I attended Peru College to obtain a teaching certificate. That meant two years of regular classes, then I got a "two year certificate" which entitled me to teach three years before being required to pick up 9 credit hours and then I was set to teach again. This was in the mid 1940s when many attended summer school and were qualified to teach mostly in rural schools. My first position was at Brock, NE for 2 years. Then, I was offered a position in Tecumseh, NE. I married and later returned to Nemaha County in a rural school for 4 years. Following that I went back to Brock for a year and was offered a contract in Auburn where I taught 5th grade for 6 years."
19?? Brownville school photo Can you identify the people or year?
1912 Brownville school photo
Brownville School, Teachers - Mollie Moore, Ruby Weimer, Clyde Dilly and Prof. ?Carman? Dec 1912. submitted by Dori Chrisp191? Brownville school photo
Brownville School group photo, about 1912. The girl and boy with an X mark are Crystal Gaskill (m. Jeff Knapp) and Eddie Gaskill. submitted by Lynn Sabin1927-1930 Brownville School
(back row L-R) Ronnie Stiers, Randol V. Henry, Mary Goff, Bill Kelley, Emmet Goff, Josie Majors, John Haith, Ella Mae Williams, Lawrence Young, Marshall Burwell, Robert Owings.
(3rd row L-R). Richard Tanner, Robert Betts, Lowell Furnas, Bob Kelley, Dallas Teague, Vivien Moore, Audry Jeffries, Eileen Stiers, Ila Mae Burwell, Nina Craig.
(2nd row L-R) Jimmy Trotter, Raymond (Lefty) Lee, Ralph Eugene Den, George (Butch) Majors, Alfred Jeffries, Ernest Pebley, Louis Jeffries, Marion Gillard, Marvin Thomas, George Edmondson.
(front row L-R). Viola Whitaker, Ruth Humphery, Irma Burwell, Rosalie Roberts, Lydia Mae Roberts, Dorothy Russell, Aurolyn Thomas, Donna Mae Newton, Violet Whitaker, Lucille Pebley. Teacher Miss Stovall. Submitted by George Edmondson. view larger version class photo
Graduates of other schools (pending)
Glenrock Village School
The 1898 Glenrock Village School play program, June 10, 1898, lists these pupil names: Carrie Erisman, Barbara Fritchie, Gerald Gillispie, Mildred Gillispie, Maude Gorsage*, Effie Hawkins, Maude Hayes*, Carrie Huddart, Grace Huddart, Harry Huddart, Lind Huddart, Lizzie Hutton, Stella Hutton, Alice Maxcy, Iva Maxcy*, Kirk Maxcy, Laura Maxcy*, Sallie Maxcy, Bertha Pickett, Clinton Pickett, Drusie Pickett, Orley Pickett, Faithful Shadley, Nellie Shadley, Bert Simpson, Nellie Simpson, Jessie Wheeler
(* probably 8th grade graduates). (view play program)Board of Education: Frank Wheeler, C. L. Cook, Jos. N. Simmons (view program cover)
submitted by Dan Hill
Ford or Grant School
Grant [Section 3, Range 12, Township 16], "... a schoolhouse was built in 1866. A homesteader plastered the building and was the first teacher. His salary was $1.50 for each scholar for a term of six weeks. First known as Ford's school, its name later was changed to Grant." view 2004 photo
Peru Prep (laboratory school (aka T. J. Majors school) within Peru State College)
Jr. High Class, Peru Prep, 1929.
Back row (L-R): Jean Craig; Wendell Fisher; Alice Parriott; Juanita Bray; Daisy Dahlstrom; Wanda Leahy.
Front row (L-R): Richard Blythe; Gladys Potter; Irene Vanderford; Dorothy Sanders; Neva Good; Melvin Pugh and Harold Stolz.
Submitted by Bev Todd (view large photo)Jr & Sr. High Orchestra, Peru Prep, 1929. There are no names listed for this photo but Dorothy Sanders is seated in the first violin chair, third row on the right.
Submitted by Bev Todd (view large photo)
District 1, ?McKissick? School, NE 1/4, NW 1/4 of Section 36, T7N, R16E, McKissick Island or Island Twp. [extreme NE corner of county]
London summer school, SW 1/4, NW 1/4 of Section 9, T5N, R15E, London Twp. [extinct]
District 2, ? School, SE 1/4, SW 1/4 of Section 4, T6N, R15E, Peru Twp.
District 3, Indian Hill School, Peru School [Park St. between 7th & 8th]
- 1870-71 Isaac Black, Illinois Tate, Anna Moorhead, teachers
Ref: Mears. Hills of Peru, pp 20-27. (view later photo)- 1900
- 1936-1943 Mrs. Whitmer, Mrs. Uhlbrick, Miss Margaret Anderson, teachers
District 4, ? School, SW 1/4, SE 1/4 of Section 18, T6N, R15E, Peru Twp.
District 5, ? School, SW 1/4, SE 1/4 of Section 18, T6N, R15E, Peru Twp.
District 6, Cochran School, NW 1/4, NW 1/4 of Section 35, T5N, R14E, Douglas Twp.
District ? School Lafayette Twp near Brock
Teacher: Emma Mae Knapp (female by middle window)
1909 (submitted by Lynn Sabin)District 7 ? School, 1/4, 1/4 of Section , TN, RE, Twp.
District 8 ? School, 1/4, 1/4 of Section , TN, RE, Twp.
District 10 ? School, 1/4, 1/4 of Section , TN, RE, Twp.
District 11 ? School, SW 1/4, SW 1/4 of Section 14, T6N, R14E, Glen Rock Twp.
District 12 ? School, 1/4, 1/4 of Section , TN, RE, Twp.
District 13 Highland School, NE 1/4, NE 1/4 of Section 34, T6N, R15E, Peru Twp.
"The Highland School building is located 4 miles north, one mile east of Auburn (1/2 mile south of the Highland Baptist Cemetery). It is a red brick building and is still standing, although windows are broken out, etc. It was in use up until the 1960s when the district consolidated with Auburn. One of my friend's mother attended school there in the late 1940s, early 1950s." wrote Suzzy Thomas
District 14 ? School, SE 1/4, SE 1/4 of Section 29, T6N, R15E, Peru Twp.
District 15 Honey Creek School, middle SE 1/4 of Section 27, T6N, R15E, Peru Twp.
District 16 Wood Siding School? or Stewart Island
District 17 Glen Rock School, SE 1/4 of Section 31, T6N, R14E, GlenRock Twp.
District 18
District 19
District 20, Grand Prairie School, NE 1/4, NE 1/4 of Section 19, T5N, R14E, Douglas. Twp.
1942-43 Miss Marjorie Collins, teacher
1943-44 Miss Elaine Martin, teacher
1944-45 Miss Hazel Rohrs, teacher
Closed
District 21, ? School, S 1/2 of Section 1, T5N, R13E, Wash. Twp.
District 22, Linden School, SW 1/4, SW 1/4 of Section 4, T5N, R13E, Wash. Twp.
1941-42 Miss Margery Jean Adams, teacher
District 23, Johnson School, S 1/2 of Section 7, T5N, R13E, Wash. Twp.
District 24, ?, NW 1/4, NE 1/4 of Section 12, T5N, R13E, Wash. Twp.
District 27, Hickory Grove School (middle of Section 26, Douglas Twp.)
District 29, Auburn, Douglas Twp.
District 34, G. Edwin Sanders was a teacher for several years about 1917-1920. Bev Todd has a picture of him with 40 of his students.
District 3?6, SE 1/4, Sec 16 [Bedford Twp.]
District 40, SW 1/4, Sec 29 [Bedford Twp.]
District 41, SE 1/4, Sec 26 [Benton Twp.] Bratton village
District 45, NW 1/4, Sec 35 [Benton Twp] Mt. Zion School
1874--Mt. Zion log school, NW 1/4, NW 1/4 S-35, T-4N, R-12E [West Benton Twp.] 7
1896-1897 "John Lake Overturf was the Director of School District No. 45 (Mt. Zion School), Benton Precinct, Nemaha County. The teacher was C. E. Quinn. Among the 23 pupils attending the school were six of their children, including my grandfather, George Edwin Overturf."
Susan Overturf Ingraham (s.ingraham@home.com)District 46, SW 1/4, Sec 28 [Benton Twp.]
District 49, SE 1/4, Sec 14 [Bedford Twp.]
In 1880, Cora Hummel, living with Leroy S. Mason family, was teaching in a nearby school, probably in southern part of Bedford Twp.
District 50, SW 1/4, Sec 25 [Bedford Twp.]
District 51, SE 1/4, Sec 30 [Bedford Twp.]
District 52, SW 1/4, Sec 27 [Aspinwall Twp.]
District 55, NE 1/4, Sec 22 [Aspinwall Twp.] Hillsdale village
District 56, [Aspinwall Twp.] St. Deroin School
District 58, NE? 1/4, Sec 33 [Aspinwall Twp.] Boatman School
District 60, NW 1/4, Sec 24 [Aspinwall Twp.]
District 69 Cherry Grove School, NW 1/4 of Section 11, T6N, R12E, Lafayette Twp.
The Cherry Grove school was number 69, six miles nw of Johnson, organized in 1870., closed after 85 years. Marlene Flory was last teacher (1949-50)
Ref: Nemaha County History book, 1987, pg 33
District 70
District 71, NW 1/4, NW 1/4, Sec 30, T4N, R15E [Aspinwall Twp.]
District 72, SE 1/4, Sec 30 [Aspinwall Twp.]
District 73
District 74
District 75, NW 1/4, Sec 2, T6N, R13E
District 76, SE 1/4, Sec 16 [Bedford Twp.]
District 80 Rohrs School, 1/4, 1/4 of Section 14, 15, 22 or 23 , T5N, R13E, Washington Twp.
It began about 1900 as a branch of Hickory Grove #27 school. It closed in 1956 according to, Victor Oestmann who wrote the history. Local persons who helped start it Henry Rohrs, Ernst Oestmann, and J. H. R. Rogge. The school was across the road from a Rogge farm, a short distance east of the Rohrs corner (shown on that plat map as a location) and was right by the highway 136. Marlene Flory was teacher (1950-51)
Ref: Nemaha County History book, 1987.
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Old Schools
"The first school district to organize in Nemaha County was No. 1. William Thurber was then County Superintendent. The first appointed or elected public school teacher was H. S. Thorpe. Up to the year 1860, but six school districts had been organized, and during that year only five teachers were employed. The number of scholars enrolled was but sixty-five--this, however, shows returns from only one of the six school districts--Glen Rock. There was one schoolhouse in Brownville Township, and two in Glen Rock. For that year, the number of children of school age, between five and twenty-one years, was 491 males and 426 females. At that early date, but few of the school officers were models in the discharge of official duties. Clerk Bedford, in his report for 1860, reports that some of the districts reported informally, and others not at all. Some of them confounded the school law of 1859 with that of 1858. For the year, the total amount of public school funds accruing to Nemaha County was $1,523.20. But the unceasing efforts of the friends of education brought order out of confusion, and, in 1868, a vast improvement was made, as reference to the official reports show. For that year, the eleven precincts were divided into fifty-one subdistricts. Returns from these show: Whole number of school age, 2,284; enrolled scholars, 343; number of teachers, 44; pay of teachers per month: $546.72; number of schoolhouses in the county, 31; value of schoolhouses, $36,260. From the report of 1870, it appears that there were 2,826 children of school age; 1,528 children that attended school; 31 schoolhouses; value of school property, $26,505; number of teachers employed, 60; total amount paid to teachers for the school year, $9,636.20. The official reports for this year are very full and complete, but the above embraces all that would interest the general reader. For the year 1880, the total expenditures for the county amounted to $26,761.34; number of school districts, 75; number of schoolhouses, 72; number of children of school age, 3,862; average number in each district, 51; number of districts having six months or more of school, 52; average number of square feet of blackboard, 54; number of schools with patent desks and seats, 56; average attendance for the year, 2,678; value of schoolhouses, $45,558. The efficient County Superintendent states that at the present time there are 74 public schoolhouses in Nemaha County; number of teachers employed, 93; number of children of school age, 4,124; value of school property, $50,517; total amount expended for schools for the year 1881, $27,696; number of male teachers, 32; number of female teachers, 61; average salary of teachers, $25 per month." 3
Ref: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/andreas/nemaha/nemaha-p6.html#educate1860-- Six school districts, five teachers, 65 students [see history above].
1861-- Aspinwall School, "The first school was taught in the year 1861, by Clara Parker" [per nemaha-p18.html] , John H. Morehead was early teacher. [old Aspinwall Twp.]
1864-- Stewart log cabin school, SE 1/4, NE 1/4 S-32, T-4N, R-14E [Bedford Twp.] 7
1864--Lutheran? log school, SE 1/4, SE 1/4 S-25, T-4N, R-12E [West Benton Twp.] 7
1866--"new" log school on Long Branch, SW corner S-25, T-4N, R-12E [West Benton Twp.] 7
1868--"In 1868 all the school land [usually Section 16 of each twp.] within the county was appraised and offered for sale at auction. Appraised values ranged from seven to ten dollars per acre except for timber land which was much higher. ...."
1869--Pleasant Prairie school, SE 1/4, NW 1/4 S-26, T-4N, R-13E, [East] Benton Twp. 7
1871--Grove log school, SE 1/4, SE 1/4, S-15, T-4N, R-12E [West Benton Twp.] 7
1874--Bratton school, SE 1/4, SE 1/4 S-26, T-4N, R-13E [East Benton Twp.] 7
1874--Mt. Zion log school, NW 1/4, NW 1/4 S-35, T-4N, R-12E [West Benton Twp.] 7
18??--Sunnyside school, SE 1/4, SE 1/4 S-30, T-4N, R-14E [Bedford Twp.] 7
Brownville: "The first school was taught in a little log house, near Main street, by H. S. Thorpe, who now [1882] lives near St. Joseph, Mo. The same cabin was used to hold the first District Court meetings. The first school building (frame) was erected in 1856, and was afterward used as a dwelling house. Brownville was organized as a school district in 1856." 3
Ref: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/andreas/nemaha/nemaha-p6.html#educateSusan Ogle Crow [Ritchey], daughter of George A. and Mary Ware Crow, was a schoolteacher in the Nemaha County schools. Since she was born in Brownville the school was probably nearby.
Ref: George A. Crow biographical information.Johnson: A "Second Grade County [Teacher] Certificate" was issued, in August, 1898, to Mr. S. W. Christy, at a Johnson, NE mailing address, by M. N. Carman, Nemaha County School Superintendent. view document
Nemaha City: "The first school was taught by D. C. Sanders in 1857-58; no records are in existence as to the attendance or course of study. From this time until 1870, a moderate interest was displayed in the cause of education, the principal difficulty as regards the diffusion of knowledge being that of securing efficient teachers. In 1870, however, a new departure was taken, a large brick schoolhouse erected at a cost of $4,000, and the schools were graded. The Principal now in charge is B. F. Lorance; the assistants, Eva Hagadorn and Mollie Fisher. The attendance during the school year of 1881-82 averaged 100 pupils"
"In 1865 Elder T. K. Hansberry, succeeded in gathering together a little congregation of the Christian sect, who for a time worshiped under his leadership in the old frame schoolhouse, and subsequently in what was known as the Larkin Schoolhouse, situated across the Little Nemaha River, in Aspinwall Precinct. This move was made in 1871." part 13 The lodges, A. F. & A. M. and IOOF, later used the school building(s). 3
Ref: http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/nemaha/nemaha-p13.html#educatePeru: "A Mr. Manktello taught the first school in 1856" .... "The present district schoolhouse was built by subscription in 1858 by J. Manktello, who had previously taught a private school, and, in 1859, the property was deeded to the school district. In the same year, an addition was built, giving accommodations in the whole building to 217 scholars. The contractors were Mears & Cole. The following-named teachers have had charge of the school since the day of Mr. Manktello, the pioneer instructor: Isaac Black, Mrs. Sayre, J. W. Swan, Anna Joy, Hattie Morgan, Anna Dailey, Anna Ball and D. C. Cole." [see District 3 below] 3
Ref: http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/nemaha/nemaha-p11.html#educateDistrict 1 (probably McKissick Island, London or Brownville in 1855)
District 2
District 3 In the 1930s, this was a brick school located on the north side of Park St. between 7th & 8th Sts. The school site had been leveled by excavating the top of the hill to make a level playground. West of the school was a sliding board built on the side of the excavation and further west was a section of oak trees where there was a merry-go-round, swings and teeters; north of the school was a ball diamond. Between the ball diamond and the teeters was a large open area for group games. The north side of the grounds dropped away sharply into a wooded area (not school property) where cowboys & Indians with stick horses and cap pistols were played.
Kindergarten was half-day session with Grades 1-8 running from 8:00-4:00 with two 15 minute recesses and a lunch break. Some teachers names were Mrs. Uhlbrict, Miss Margaret Anderson [others are welcome]. Mr. John Thornhill was the custodian. 4Antioch School: Miss Lutz, possibly Sophie, was a teacher in 1930s, according to George Edmondson.
District 4
District 5? Section 21, T6N, ?Brock?
District 6 Memories of Clyde Mayfield from the 1920s 5
District 7 Section 10, Lafayette Twp T-6N, R 12-13E
District 8 Section 7, T-6N
District 9 Section 11, Lafayette Twp T-6N, R 12E
District 10 Section 30, Lafayette Twp T-6N, R 13E
District 11 Section 27, Lafayette Twp T-6N, R 13E
District 12? Section 26, Lafayette Twp T-6N, R 12E
District 13
District 14
District 15, Section 14, Lafayette Twp T-6N, R 13E
District 18
District 19
District 20, Grand Prairie School. This white framed school was located on a one-acre plot in the NE 1/4, NE 1/4 of Section 18 Douglas Twp (R14E, T5N). It was an acre or so south of the intersection on the west side of the road. It had a coal shed, two privies, a pump, two ante rooms for coats, a variety of single and double pupil desks, a raised stage with curtain, coal stove, oiled wooden floors, oil lamps in wall brackets, a front porch with two runs of entry steps, and several shade trees. The surrounding farm was owned by the Harms family. 4
In 1943-44, Marjorie Collins was the teacher, her older sister, Madalaine, had preceded her as teacher. In 1944-45, Elaine Martin was the teacher. In 1945-46, Hazel Rohrs was the teacher. Some student surnames of these last years: Harms, Mason, Shanks, Shively, Stoble, Stoddard, Ward, Wilds. The school probably closed in the summer of 1946 and for the next few years, pupils were transported by car to the Auburn Public Schools by Mr. William Stoddard in a 1947 black Dodge sedan. William Stoddard, Peter C. Mason, et al. were school board members in the closing years. The school building has since been razed or moved. 4
Brock community: Center School aka Little Red School House, District ?? 1905-1960 at US 75 & NE 67 (Ref: Brock NE Bugle)
District 21 Linwood School, Section 1 , Washington Twp T-N, R-E
District 22 Section 4, Washington Twp T-N, R-E
District 23-39
District 34 Brownville School
[by 1890, District 35 and District 36 were near Nemaha, NE]
District 40-51 [by 1868, there may have been 51 districts]
District 52
District 55, Hillsdale School. 1920-21 Agnes Foy of Nemaha was the teacher.
Source: "A History of Nemaha County" copyright 1987 Nemaha Valley Museum.District 58, Boatman School. Records prior to 1912 are incomplete. In 1921, Hillsdale School merged with Boatman. School.
Teachers from 1912 to 1956-57 were Ruth Georges, Darlene Lewis, Darlene Parkhurst (two terms). Burtis Aufenkamp, Burtis Kennedy, Donna Butler, Eoma Hill, Ethel Jeanneret, Hala Vice (two terms) , Neta Humphrey, Marguerite Standley, Celia Stalder, Darlene Howard (two terms) Dorothy Moore, Dela Merrit, Alice Slagle, Doris Barker, Harold/ Boatman (three terms) Leon Wolfe (two terms), Lela McCann (two terms), LaVeta Whitwell, Lorena Heart, Donald Stevenson and Ruby Criger, the same year, J. A. Mastin, Mamie Anderzhon, Elby Weatherfield, Fritz Slagle, Carrie Stevens. Henrietta Mathews, Freda Harring, Hattie Johnson, Mary Prather and Mable McGinnis (the same year. Hattie Johnson, Leta Baldwin, Elizabeth Marsh, Church Smiley, Doris Mary.
Source: "A History of Nemaha County", 1987, Nemaha Valley Museum.District 59
District 60
District 61
District 62
District 63 ? School, NE1/4, NE1/4 of Section 2, T6N, R14, Glen Rock Twp.
District 67
District 68 Section 15, Lafayette Twp T-6N, R 12E
District 69
District 70-78
District 79, Section18, Lafayette Twp T-6N, R 13E
District 80-82 [possibly a high point of 82 districts]
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Modern Schools
- Auburn High School
- Class of 1949
- Class of 1950
- Nemaha County schools
- Brock School
- Johnson School
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