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Mascot - Dist. #18, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Mascot School, located in Mascot, Harlan County, Nebraska. Includes a printed history of Mascot School, an article on Mascot School's Centennial, and a map of School District #18.

Hillview - Dist. #43, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the Hillview School, located 1 mile north and 2 miles west of Norfolk in Madison County, Nebraska. Includes a history of the district, written by Sharon Herbst.

Locust Grove - Dist. #32, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Locust Grove school, located 6 miles east of Auburn in Nemaha County, Nebraska.

Haig - Dist. #20, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Haig School, located 6 miles west of Scottsbluff, Nebraska on Highway 29.

Reichie School - Dist. #37, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the Reichie School, located 3 1/2 miles south of Norfolk in Madison County, Nebraska. Includes several histories of the school, written by students at the school.

Prairie Home - Dist. #69, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the Prairie Home School, located 15 miles southwest of Chadron in Dawes County, Nebraska.

Happy Hollow School - Dist. #39, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the Happy Hollow School - District #39, in Boone County, NE. It was still in use when the information was collected in 1980.

Carr School - Dist. #52, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the Carr School, 12 miles north and 1/2 mile west of Shelton in Buffalo County, Nebraska. Includes a Kearney Hub article from 1980 about the 100th anniversary of the District 52 School.

Early Days At Santee, Mary B. Riggs

Special Collections

History of the first 13 years of the Santee Normal Training School, written by one of the founders of the school. The Riggs family lived with and interacted with members of several indigenous groups while setting up and operating the school; the book records the traditions and customs of this with whom the Riggs' interacted.

Contains numerous images and drawings. Drawings were made by Reuben Dorian, a Santee student.

The book was printed by students at the Santee Normal Training School.

Content Warning: Contains period typical racism, violence, mentions of disease.

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Lawn School - Dist. # 20, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the Lawn School, District #20. It was located in Box Butte County, about 17 miles west of Hemingford, Nebraska.

Dist. #29, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on District 29, located 2 miles south of Cozad in Dawson County, Nebraska.

Sandridge, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Sandridge School, located 6 miles south of Hay Springs on Highway 87, in Sheridan County, Nebraska.

Banner School - Dist. #35, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Banner School, located 9 miles southeast of Hay Springs in Sheridan County, Nebraska.

Westerville School - Dist. #39, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Westerville School, in Westerville, Custer County, Nebraska.

Beaver Valley School - Dist. #13, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the Beaver Valley School, located near Albion in Boone County, Nebraska. Included is a U.S. News and World Report article with a mention of the school.

Prairie View - Dist. # 81, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the Prairie View School, District 81. The school was located near Hemingford, Nebraska.

Hartman School - Dist. #34, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the Hartman School, located 3 miles east and 8 miles north of Kearney in Buffalo County, Nebraska. Includes a history of Hartman School, written by Mrs. Fay Schroer.

Deer Ridge - Dist. #170, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Deer Ridge School, located 11 miles north and east of Hay Springs in Sheridan County, Nebraska.

Good Cheer - Dist. #48, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Good Cheer School, located 3 1/2 miles north and 1/2 mile east of Madison in Madison County, Nebraska. Includes several student papers documenting the history of the school.

West Emerick School - Dist. #50, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the West Emerick School, located 9 miles south and 1 mile west of Meadow Grove in Madison County, Nebraska. Includes a history of the West Emerick School as well as a history of the Emerick Flood of 1891. Be aware that the flood narrative includes discussion of multiple fatalities.

Born School - Dist. #8, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Born School, located 4 miles west of Norfolk in Madison County, Nebraska. Includes a history of the school, written by Esther Crane, who was the teacher from 1967-1970

Dist. #18, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on District 18. The school was located 7 miles east and 2 1/2 miles north of Cozad in Dawson County, Nebraska.

Whitney School - Dist. #62, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the Whitney School, located at the northwest end of Whitney in Dawes County, Nebraska.

Rush Creek - Dist. #14, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Rush Creek School, located 7 miles north of Lodgepole in Cheyenne County, Nebraska. Former names of the school include German School and Happy Hollow.

Fairview - Dist. #34, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Fairview School, located 2 miles north and 2 1/2 miles west of Mitchell in Scottsbluff County, Nebraska.

Union Valley - Dist. #6, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Union Valley School, located 4 miles east and 2 miles south of Madison in Madison County, Nebraska. Includes a handwritten history of Union Valley School, written by an 8th grader attending school there.

Dist. #110, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on District 110, which was the same as Rosebud until Rosebud was moved. The school was located one mile west and three miles south of Comstock in Custer County, Nebraska.

Lake Alice - Dist. #65, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Lake Alice School, located 6 miles north and 3 miles east of Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

Dorsey - Dist. #4, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the Dorsey School, located 11 miles south, 5 miles east, 1/2 mile north of Lynch in Holt County, Nebraska. Includes a history of the Dorsey School and a letter from Lucille Pinkerman, a rural school teacher.

Denmon School, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Denmon School, located 5 miles south and 2 miles east of Shelton.