Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum
Baxter Springs Heritage
Center and Museum
Back row L to R: Elmer Dorman, Georgia Cronk, Ethel Post,
Floyd Simmons, Lena
Montgomery, Ellen Van DaGriff, Mrs. Mott, Mr. Mott, Mr.
Anderson
Front Row: Clyde Simmons, Loeta Baramore, Lucinda
(Montgomery) Kemph,
Desa Ebersole, Ruth Hicks, Mabel (Phillips) Irwin,
Mildred (Phillips) Kerr, Pauline (Post) Leffler
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The gap between that first school in 1908,
probably known only as District 15, and the
school that emerged in 1915, remains unknown.
When we next hear of the Picher schools is in
the fall of 1915 when Eagle Picher Company
built the one-room building on the site of
the where the Union Church was located until
recent years (the building still stands and
church services still being conducted).
Rev. Ward Allen held Boy Scouts of America meetings in the rear part of the building in the '50s. |
