As part of the Country School Legacy project, information was collected on country schoolhouses across Nebraska. Site forms give details of the building, with many also including the names of former teachers and students. Photos are also included, where they were taken.
All originals are available in the UNK Archives and Special Collections.
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Barada - Dist. #19
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Barada School, located 14 miles north of Falls City in Richardson County, Nebraska.
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Belmont School - Dist. #39
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Belmont School, located on the south edge of Belmont, 10 miles south of Crawford in Dawes County, Nebraska.
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Bodarc School - Dist. #6
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Bodarc School, located 13 miles northeast of Harrison, NE, including a history of the name of "Bodarc".
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Bunkhouse School - Dist. # 46
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on the Bunkhouse School, located 9 miles north and west of Harrison, in Sioux County, Nebraska.
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Cochran - Dist. #6
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Information on the Cochran School, located 2 miles south and 1 mile east of Auburn in Nemaha County, Nebraska. Includes correspondence between Ernest Grundy and Margery Volkman, the teacher at the Cochran School in 1980.
Note that there are two Historic Site Forms for this school.
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Corn Valley - Dist. #60
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Corn Valley School, four miles south of Crawford in Dawes County, Nebraska.
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Cottonwood School - Dist. #14
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Cottonwood School, located 18 miles northwest of Crawford, or 22 miles northeast of Harrison, in Sioux County, Nebraska.
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Dist. # 16
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Information on a school that was formerly part of District #16, then became part of District #23. Noted as abandoned.
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Dist. #23
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Information on District #23, located 4 miles south of the South Dakota border, 8.5 miles from Ardmore, SD.
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Dist. #49
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Information on District 49 in Boone County, Nebraska, located east of Albion. Additional images are available.
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Dist. #58
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Information on District #58, located in Harlan County, Nebraska.
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Dist. #83
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Information on District #83, located 7 miles north and 1/2 mile west of Elm Creek in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
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Dist. #87
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Information on District #87, located 1 mile east of Norfolk in Madison County, Nebraska.
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Eagle Rock School - Dist. #71
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Eagle Rock school, 25 miles north and 3 miles east of Scottsbluff in Sioux County, Nebraska.
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Five Points - Dist. #9
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Brief description of District #9 in Sioux County, Nebraska. Photo captions also call it Five Points School.
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Goose Valley School - Dist. #112
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Information on the Goose Valley School, originally located 3 miles northeast of Berwyn in Custer County, Nebraska. It was moved Tomahawk Park in Broken Bow, NE. Includes printed information on the school and several news articles related to it. It is commonly referred to as "The Little Red School-House".
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Horn School - Dist. #28
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Horn School, also called Valley Star School, located about 10 miles northwest of Crawford in Dawes County, Nebraska.
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Horseshoe Bend - Dist. #25
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Horseshoe Bend School, located five miles northeast of Lexington in Dawson County, Nebraska.
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Island Grove
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Island Grove (or Garden Grove) school, located 2 miles north and 1/2 mile west from Liberty in Gage County, Nebraska. Also includes notes on an earlier school called Frog Pond School.
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Lockett School - Dist. #11
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on the Lockett School, now located on the Chadron State College Campus in Chadron, Nebraska.
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Marsland - Dist. #92
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Marsland School, which sits on the northwest edge of the small town of Marsland, in Dawes County, Nebraska.
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Pleasant Ridge - Dist. #18
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Pleasant Ridge School, located 4 miles east and 2 miles north of Auburn, in Nemaha County, Nebraska. Included is a letter from Ernest Grundy to Ms. Mary Meyer, the teacher at the school in 1980.
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Reed School - Dist. #55
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Reed School, now located on the grounds of the Dawson County Historical Society in Lexington, Nebraska. Includes a history of the building's move to the Historical Society.
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Rock County Historical Society
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Limited information on a school building that sits on the Rock County Historical Society grounds.
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Seward County
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on a school near the Milford, Nebraska I-80 exit. Lacks any substantial information or photographs.