History of Placer county, California, Part 60

Author: Angel, Myron; Thompson & West, pub
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Oakland, Cal., Thompson & West
Number of Pages: 558

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CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT.

This is a pioneer distriet. The first public school was taught in 1859. Mrs. Woods was the first teacher. The school was at first taught in the widow Miller's house. This was burned and the school used a house which stood on the ground now oecu- pied by Mr. McBride's orchard. Afterward the school was taught in a building belonging to a Mrs. Price. This was formerly Rattlesnake District, but was united to Wild Goose District, in El Dorado County in 1875, and was called the Consolidated Distriet. The present school house is located on the top of the River Hill. It is a well-built house, and furnished with patent furniture. Miss M. E. McCann

has just closed the term of 1881, with an attendance of twenty-one pupils. There are some sixty vol- umes in the library. E. D. Shirland is the District Clerk.

COON CREEK DISTRICT.

This is one of the pioneer schools; organized in 1857. J. Barnes, F. L. Chamberlin and J. Hulbert were the Trustees. John McConighey was the first teacher. Fourteen pupils attended his school. The school house is very pleasantly situated in a grove of oak and manzanita. Size, 32x32 feet, having a seating eapaeity of thirty. A. Spooner is the teacher this term. Fifteen children attend, three of whom are in the grammar grade. The school has a very small library. The District Clerk is Phillip Dippel, Sr.

DAMASCUS DISTRICT.

Organized November 8, 1867, with J. T. Ashley. M. H. Power, N. Lombard as Trustees. Miss Clau dine Rounder taught the first school in a miner's cabin, with twelve pupils in attendance. School was maintained several years by rate-bills and a little public money. The school house is small, and plainly furnished with seats of home manufacture. The library is very small. J. P. Darwin is the present teacher, with some twenty pupils enrolled. F. E. Cameron is District Clerk.

DANEVILLE DISTRICT.

Formed May 8, 1874. Trustees were O. P. Rich- ardson and H. Nader. L. C. Gage was the first teacher. The school house is well finished and has some patent furniture. Last term, thirty-six ehil- dren attended school. P. S. Dippel is the present teacher. The library is small. O. Clark is the Distriet Clerk.

DRY CREEK DISTRICT.

This is one of the pioneer districts, being a district in 1857, but it does not appear upon the records before 1863. In 1862 it received an inerease of terri- tory, the Van Trees Distriet being divided between it and Franklin Distriet. In 1863 E. J. Schellhous taught the school. The school house stands upon the Sacramento road -- 26x40 feet in size, has some patent seats, but needs considerable renovation. Miss M. G. Devine is the present teacher. Fifteen pupils attend. N. Mertes is District Clerk.

DUTCH FLAT DISTRICT.

The first school in Dutch Flat was taught in 1856 by W. C. Stratton, afterward State Librarian, in a small wooden building on Main Street, now forming a part of the residence of Postmaster Smart. The school was private, having an attendance of twelve or fifteen pupils. In 1875 James Jameson, C. A. Barrett, and R. Hoskins being Trustees, the district erected a two-story school house on Stockton Street. at a cost of near $7,000. The main building is 30x80

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feet, with an ante-room 18x30 feet. This is the finest school house in the county. It is well finished through- out, convenient of ingress and egress. There are four rooms, three of which are occupied. The schools are well supplied with patent furniture, charts, maps, and all the apparatus necessary to the well-being of a prosperous school. The district has more than two hundred volumes in the school library. L. F. Coburn is Principal having the grammar depart- ment in his immediate charge. Fifty-six pupils are enrolled in his room, nine of whom are in the advanced grade. Miss F. H. Folwell has charge of the first primary, with fifty-one enrolled. In the second primary fifty-seven pupils are registered, under the tuition of Miss Rosa Brown. The three rooms together have a seating capacity of 189. For several years Dutch Flat reported more census children than any other district in the county. The average monthly expense of the school is $255. C. A. Barrett is now District Clerk.

EMIGRANT GAP.

Formed May 10, 1873. J. B. Chinn was one of the Trustees. Miss Annette Greenleaf was the first teacher. In 1880 the district subscribed money and built a very nice school house. The furniture is all patent. The library is small. School is not in ses- sion at present. Last term twenty-one children attended. G. F. Boldon is the present District Clerk.

EXCELSIOR DISTRICT.

Organized February 5, 1869. A Miss Burke taught three months of the first term, and was succeeded by Miss S. V. Boles. The first school was taught in a house about one-half a mile from the present school house, which is situated on the Auburn and Sacra- mento wagon road. G. R. Grant and a Mr. Hawkins were the first Trustees. Ten pupils attended. At present there are twenty-two pupils attending under the tuition of Miss Lizzie King. School house can accommodate thirty-five children. The seats are of home manufacture. There are eighty-six volumes in the library. Charles King is District Clerk.

FAIR VIEW DISTRICT.

This district was formed in August, 1867. It is a joint district with Fair View in Sutter County. The school house is situated in Placer, just over the county line. During the last term the average daily attend- ance from the Placer side wasfour. The school house is comfortable and is furnished with improved furni- ture. The library is small. C. E. Beilby is the District Clerk.

FOREST HILL DISTRICT.

This district was organized in 1858, with R. Winspear, Esq., as teacher, and Albert Hart and J. W. Philips as Trustees. The first school began in June, 1858, with eleven pupils attending, in a one- story building on the corner of Main and School Streets. In October, 1872, this building was burned,

and the school was taught in the Union Hotel for two months. Three hundred library books were also destroyed by the fire. The citizens immediately subscribed money, bought a lot and built a new school house. This is situated on the south side of Main Street on the old Fitzimmon lot, is 40x80 feet and can accommodate 140 pupils. There are two departments, grammar and primary. The furniture in both schools is patent. The schools are well supplied with charts and maps. The school house commands a fine view of the Sacramento Valley. G. W. Simpson is the principal; Miss E. F. Colton, assistant. There are over 200 volumes in the library. Joseph Dilts, Esq., is the present District Clerk.

FRANKLIN DISTRICT.

This district received its first public money in 1862. A teacher by the name of Crosby taught the first public school. In 1864, a portion of Van Trees District was joined to this district. The school house is small and is supplied with old-fashioned desks. It is situated on the old Sacramento wagon road. Miss Mary McKay is teaching the present term; fourteen pupils attend. The library is very small. M. Lucas is the District Clerk.

GOLD HILL DISTRICT.

J. Henderson taught the first school in 1855. The school house is situated one-half a mile south of the once prosperous mining camp of Gold Hill, and can seat forty children. Miss Bell Fogg now has charge of the school; twelve pupils attend, two of whom are in the grammar grade. The library is small. J. S. Philbrick is District Clerk.

GOLD RUN DISTRICT.

Organized August 11, 1863. D. Rice, S. Palmer, and O. W. Hollenbeck were the first Trustees. Miss Lizzie Herbert taught the first school which began June 19, 1864, in an old building on Main Street in Gold Run; eighteen pupils attended. In 1865, the citizens held a meeting to provide means to purchase a site and erect a school house thereon. In one day 8552 was subscribed. The school house cost $772. The remainder, 8220, was paid by means of concerts and donations. In 1867 an addition was built at a eost of $640. The school house, 25x60 occupies a commanding position, affording an extensive view of the surrounding country and the Sierra. The furniture is patent; the seating capacity is ninety. Miss Maggie Barrett is the present teacher, having fifty-four pupils enrolled, eighteen of whom are in the grammar grade. The district has a library of over 200 volumes. F. A. Schnabel is District Clerk.

IOWA HILL DISTRICT.

The first school was taught by J. S. Binney in 1855. A Mr. Straton taught the first public school in 1857. The names of the Trustees cannot be ascer- tained. In September, 1863, the Monona Flat

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District was consolidated with this distriet. The old school house located a little west of the town on the hillside, consisted of two small rooms and could barely accommodate the children. In 1878, the people erected a fine building of two rooms, one story high, on the main street of Iowa Hill. It is 34x72 feet in size and cost $3,000. The grammar and primary rooms are supplied with patent furniture and all the accessories of a well-ordered school. Mr. H. M. Drew is the Principal; Miss A. C. Murphy teaches the primary pupils. One hundred and seventeen children attended school last term. The library is small. J. W. Chinn is the District Clerk.

LINCOLN DISTRICT.

This district was formed in 1860. Mr. P. S. Leavey was one of the Trustees; the names of the other two are forgotten. The first school was taught by P. Singer, Esq., in 1861. Until 1868, the district had no school house of its own, but used a building located on the corner of Fifth and J Streets. Fifty-four children attended the first school. In 1868, a school house was erected. In 1879, the citizens taxed themselves, and, with the money thus raised, built an addition, 20x24 feet; the whole building now measures 24x60. There are now two schools. The primary is taught by Miss Delia Man- ning; has forty pupils enrolled. The grammar, taught by J. P. Ronald, has thirty pupils enrolled. The district has only twenty-five books in its library. F. Wastier is District Clerk.

LONE STAR DISTRICT.

This district was formed in 1860. M. Orr, L. Utt, and W. Page, were the first Trustees. In the same year, the present school house, 18x24 feet, was built. Mr. Davis taught the first school, with ten pupils in attendance. Lone Star once included Rock Creek, Christian Valley, and a large portion of Mount Vernon, Districts. The furniture is old, and the district needs a new school house very much. F. Evinger is teaching the school now, hav- ing twenty-one pupils in charge. P. Oest is the District Clerk. Became Smithville District in 1862.

SMITHVILLE DISTRICT.

This was formerly known as the Secret Ravine District. P. Lynch, L. Stout, and J. Turner, were the first Trustees. Miss Mary Powner taught the first school, in 1856; the school house cost $480. The present school house is well furnished with patent furniture; Miss L. W. Colton is the present teacher. Thirty-one pupils attend school; sixty- one volumes compose the library. C. F. Fobes is the District Clerk.

MICHIGAN BLUFF DISTRICT.

There was a school there as early as 1856, taught by P. Singer, Esq., in a building re-modeled for this purpose, on Maiden Lane. The Trustees were W. W. Cunningham, J. W. Brady, and Mark Shawl;

near twenty pupils attended. This district, in 1866, absorbed the Mad Cañon District, located on the Middle Fork of the American River. The present school house is located south of the town, on the river-bill slope. In 1880, during a high wind, it was moved several feet, sustaining considerable damage; it can just accommodate the pupils of the district. The larger portion of the desks are patent. This district has managed to keep long terms by means of school parties, given in the spring of each year. Miss Jennie Morgan is the present teacher. Seventy-two pupils are enrolled; six of these are in the grammar grade. There are 118 volumes in the library. H. L. Van Emon is Dis- trict Clerk.

MOUNT PLEASANT DISTRICT.

First school began in 1855, with thirty pupils in attendance. Judge Henry, now of Sacramento, was the teacher, and Stephen Birg and Peter Myers, were the Trustees. The school house was located on the present site, seetion thirty, township thirteen north, range seven east, 24x30 feet in size, and was burned in 1871. The citizens immediately erected another, to which additions and improvements have been occasionally made. The school is now in charge of L. C. Gage; thirty-two pupils attend. The library is very small. John Thorpe is the present District Clerk.

MOUNT VERNON DISTRICT.

This district was formed May 10, 1877, and school was immediately opened, by Miss Kate Dunphey, with ten pupils attending. S. Logan, J. Holmes, and H. Bosse, were the Trustees. The school house is one of the best in the county; it is almost entirely supplied with patent furniture. The par- ents have been very liberal in furnishing a pleasant and comfortable school room for their children. Miss Mary Skinner now has charge of the school; eighteen pupils attend. S. Logan is the District Clerk.

NEW ENGLAND MILLS DISTRICT.

This was organized as the Lisbon District, in 1864. First school began in August, 1864, having Miss Lydia Hinckley as teacher, and G. W. Apple- gate, J. E. Simpson, and M. Mendenhall, as Trustees. The school house was a commodious building, located one mile east of G. W. Applegate's present residence. Within a year many of the people moved away, and the building was sold for a farm-house. The present school house has been moved four times, and is situated nearly a mile north of New England Mills Station; is 20x30 feet, and can seat forty-five pupils. This district retained the same teacher nearly seven years, paying her 865.00 per month -82,991.10. Miss M. E. McCann is teaching at present, with an attendance of forty pupils. The district has a very small library. Some of the desks are patent, but the greater part are home-

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made; the school room is very pleasant. W. B. Osborn is the District Clerk.

NEWCASTLE DISTRICT.

Organized in 1864. John Ilolden, John Hanson. and H. Mullen, constituted the first Board of Trustees. A Mr. Patton taught the first school, in 1865: the school house is situated a little south of the town. In 1880, an addition was built, render- ing it more commodious, and better adapted to the needs of the growing district; the furniture is wholly patent. The school house is now 25x60 feet, and can seat fifty-six children. O. P. Harvey has charge of the school; number of pupils attending, forty- four, eleven of whom are in the grammar grade. The library is small. Berry Mitchell is the present District Clerk.

OPHIR DISTRICT.

The first school was private, taught by a Mrs. Long in a private house. Mrs. Horton taught the first public school, in 1856. A. Walker and D. Olds were two of the Trustees. About this time, it is supposed, a school house was built. In 1874 an addi- tional room was built for the accommodation of an assistant teacher. On the first Saturday of Septem- ber, 1874, the school house was fired by an incendi- ary, and it was burned. All its contents, including a library of 350 volumes, an organ and some new desks, were destroyed. This building stood on Crater Hill. nearly opposite the Crater House. The citizens immediately raised money and built another school honse nearer the center of the town. This is sitnated in the center of a fine yard covered with a natural growth of oak. The building i- 24x45 feet in size, with an ante-room 10x20 feet. There are two departments-grammar and primary-and each room is well supplied with patent furniture, charts and maps. R. D. Faulkner is the Principal. In his room forty-three pupils are enrolled: forty-eight can be seated. The primary school is taught by Mrs. L. A. Billett, with an attend- ance of fifty. The seating capacity is fifty -four. There are 180 volumes in the library. Nearly all are standard works. James Moore, Esq., is the Dis- triet Clerk.

PENRYN DISTRICT

This was formerly called the Stewart's Flat Dis- friet, and with the Secret Ravine District formed District No. 9. In 1856, while Miss Powner was teaching, one of the Trustees became dissatisfied with the location of the school house, and started another in a miner's eabin on Pennsylvania Ravine. This became known as the Stewart's Flat District. 1. HI. Goodrich taught the first school in 1856. In 1872 its name was changed to Penryn. The distriet now has two departments-grammar and primary. Miss Octavia Wetmore has ebarge of the grammar school, with thirty pupils enrolled. Miss Eliza Jam- ison has charge of the primary school, with fifty enrolled. There are two rooms in the building. each

24x36 feet in size. One room was built in the fall of 1881, at a cost of $900. Both rooms are supplied with patent furniture. A. Ross is District Clerk.

ROCK CREEK DISTRICT.

This was known as the Live Oak District till 1860, when it received its present name, Rock Creek. School began, according to the record, in 1859, but old residents say there was a school as early as 1857, taught in a building located on Missouri Flat. This was the first school house. It was a small building only 10x12 feet in size. In 1862 or '63 a new school honse was built on Bald Hill, near the Nevada road, 24x36 feet in size, with a seating capacity of forty- two. The furniture at present is nearly all patent. The district has a good library in fair condition. C. M. White is teaching the present term. There are thirty-six pupils enrolled, three of whom are in the grammar grade. Frederick Dependiner acts as District Clerk.

ROCKLIN DISTRICT.

This district was formed Angust 18, 1866. Miss Ellen Ilinekley's name appears upon the record as the first teacher. The district now has two schools -grammar and primary-in charge of H. C. Curtis and his wife, Mrs. A. E. Curtis. The school house can barely accommodate the pupils. Each depart- ment is supplied with patent furniture. One bun- dred and twenty-two pupils attend this term. There are 106 volumes in the library. John Ertle is the District Clerk.

ROSEVILLE DISTRICT.

Originally a part of Dry Creek District, was set off and formed May 14, 1872. E. J. Schellhous taught the first school, in the building now occupied by Jesse Blair, on Atlantic Street. The district now has two good school houses. The grammar school. taught by S. J. Pullen, occupies the briek, and the primary, taught by Miss Lily A. Cross, occupies the wooden building. Eighty-eight pupils are attending school this term. Both rooms are well supplied with furniture, blackboards, and the conveniences necex- sary to the welfare of a school. The library consists of forty five volumes. L. D. Thomas is the District Clerk.

SHERIDAN DISTRICT

Was originally formed as the Norwieb District. May 7. 1864. In 1879 its name was changed to Sheridan. The first school was private, taught by L. H. MeDon- ald. in a shed a mile south of the town. A teacher by the name of Reynolds taught the first public school. The present school house was built in 1877. is 30x60 feet in size, and can seat sixty pupils. The house is well finished and furnished with patent furniture. It commands a fine view of the valley and mountains. Miss Inana Carns has had charge of the school this term. Fifty pupils have been attending, and nine of them are in the grammar grade. J. M. Long is the District Clerk.

O. F. Seavey.

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SPRING GARDEN DISTRICT.

Formed May 8, 1874. Miss A. MacDonald imme- diately began teaching in a log cabin at Spring Garden Ranch with twenty pupils in attendance, Thomas Dodds, Esq., Peyton Powell, and Hamilton Bryan were the first Trustees. In the summer of 1874, the district built a school house. Money raised by dances and subscription paid its cost. The school house is 20x30 feet, and can seat twenty-seven children. Miss Mollie Adams taught this last fall term, having fourteen pupils in attendance. There are thirty volumes in the school library. The Distriet Clerk is Morris Smith.

SUNNY SOUTH DISTRICT.

This district was formed February 9, 1878, and includes the territory upon which the Hidden Treasure Mine is situated. Miss Ida Williams taught the first public school. The Trustees were Wm. Cameron, E. Burwell and J. P. Just. In 1880 the citizens built a small, well-finished school house with money collected by subscription. It contains twenty- six home-made seats. Robert Burns is the teacher, and W. J. Sparks the District Clerk. Twenty-one volumes compose the distriet library.

TODD'S VALLEY DISTRICT.

This is one of the pioneer districts. H. Miller was the first teacher that drew publie money. A. A. Pond and Thomas Dodds were, I think, the first Trustees. Cannot ascertain the number of children, but judging from comparing reports there were some fifty odd. The district had a pretty good school honse, but suffered it to fall to pieces. For several ycars the district rented a room under the Odd Fellows Hall. In the fall of 1880 the citizens sub- seribed, and built a school house at a cost of $500. C. P. K. Tracy is the present teacher, with an at- tendanee of twenty-four pupils. Six pupils are in the grammar grade. There are about one hundred volumes in the library. A. A. Pond is the District Clerk.

UNION DISTRICT.

Formed in 1862. Gould, Dyer and J. Williams were the first Trustees. A Miss Howe taught the first public school. The school is small and in fair condition, having been thoroughly repaired during the last year. E. E. Panabaker is the present teacher. Seventeen pupils attend. O. J. Gould is the District Clerk.

VALLEY VIEW DISTRICT.

School began in 1871 under the tuition of Mrs. Barman, nineteen pupils attending. School was maintained eighteen months by subscription. In 1872 the district received its first apportionment of public money. The Trustees were S. J. Lewis and L. W. Scott. The school house stands on a high hill, overlooking long reaches of the Sacramento Valley, and anfording a panoramie view of the Sierra

Nevada. Twenty-four pupils ean be seated. The furniture is rough and cumbrous. The library is very small. Miss L. J. Hyde is the present teacher. She has twenty-four pupils enrolled, eight being in the grammar grade. The District Clerk is S. J. Lewis.

VAN TREES DISTRICT.

This was formed in 1859. The first teacher that drew public money was Mrs. Hite. In 1864 Van Trees District was divided between Dry Creek and Franklin Distriets.

YANKEE JIM'S DISTRICT.

This is one of the pioneer sehools. Three terms of private school were taught before it became a part of the public school system. The first private school was taught by Albert Hart in 1855. Each pupil paid $10.00 per month tuition. The attendance was about fifteen children. The school house was a log building, once known as the Bloomer Hotel, which stood between the saloon and the dwelling- house of the late Martin Tubbs. This log house became the property of R. O. Cravens. (afterward State Librarian) and was sold by him for a church. The district was organized in 1857, Col. Kerr, John Comer and John Vail being the first Trustees. The present school house is situated east of the town, and is 30x40 feet, and has a seating capacity of forty-six. Two hundred and thirty volumes compose the library. Miss Elsie Buckley is the present teacher, with twenty-five pupils in attendance. There are four in grammar grade. Chas. Trafton is Distriet Clerk.

LAPSED DISTRICTS.

The following districts have ceased to exist :-

Cisco Distriet was organized in 1867. A person by the name of Curtis taught the first school. School was intermitted October 1, 1871.

Last Chance Distriet was formed in 1862. School was opened in 1863. Cannot ascertain who were the teacher and Trustees. This district, through the moving away of many of its residents and the con- sequent lack of school children, was consolidated with Deadwood District in 1874. In 1865 that portion of Last Chance Distriet lying between El Dorado Cañon and the North Fork of the Middle Fork of the Ameri- ean River was set off and formed into the Deadwood Distriet. In 1865 a Miss Irving taught the first school, ten ehildren attending. The people paid by subscription. The school house, 14x20 feet, was built by the Sons of Temperance, and donated to the school. In August, 1879, there not being the legal number of children in the district it was discontinued.

Monona Flat District was formed in 1859. Trustees, M. McDonald, J. La France, M. Tiegler. Miss McDonald was the first teacher. The district was consolidated with Iowa Hill in 1863.

Pleasant Grove District was formed August 2 1864. Mrs. J. E. Hill taught the first school. V.

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M. Leonard was one of the Trustees. School district

School Statistics.

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lapsed April 25, 1880.

Coon Creek.

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Shady Run District was formed May 10, 1877.

Daneville .

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Dry Creek.

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Miss Mary A. Curran was the first teacher. J. F.

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History of Placer county, California, Part 60

Author: Angel, Myron; Thompson & West, pub Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Oakland, Cal., Thompson & West Number of Pages: 558

Author: Angel, Myron; Thompson & West, pub
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Oakland, Cal., Thompson & West
Number of Pages: 558