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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Prairie Home - Dist. #69
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on the Prairie Home School, located 15 miles southwest of Chadron in Dawes County, Nebraska.
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Happy Hollow School - Dist. #39
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on the Happy Hollow School - District #39, in Boone County, NE. It was still in use when the information was collected in 1980.
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Carr School - Dist. #52
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
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.
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Dist. #29
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on District 29, located 2 miles south of Cozad in Dawson County, Nebraska.
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Lawn School - Dist. # 20
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on the Lawn School, District #20. It was located in Box Butte County, about 17 miles west of Hemingford, Nebraska.
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Banner School - Dist. #35
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Banner School, located 9 miles southeast of Hay Springs in Sheridan County, Nebraska.
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Sandridge
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Sandridge School, located 6 miles south of Hay Springs on Highway 87, in Sheridan County, Nebraska.
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Westerville School - Dist. #39
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Westerville School, in Westerville, Custer County, Nebraska.
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Beaver Valley School - Dist. #13
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
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.
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Deer Ridge - Dist. #170
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Deer Ridge School, located 11 miles north and east of Hay Springs in Sheridan County, Nebraska.
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Good Cheer - Dist. #48
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
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.
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Hartman School - Dist. #34
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
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.
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Prairie View - Dist. # 81
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on the Prairie View School, District 81. The school was located near Hemingford, Nebraska.
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Born School - Dist. #8
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
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
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West Emerick School - Dist. #50
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
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.
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Dist. #18
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on District 18. The school was located 7 miles east and 2 1/2 miles north of Cozad in Dawson County, Nebraska.
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Whitney School - Dist. #62
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on the Whitney School, located at the northwest end of Whitney in Dawes County, Nebraska.
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Rush Creek - Dist. #14
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
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.
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Fairview - Dist. #34
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Fairview School, located 2 miles north and 2 1/2 miles west of Mitchell in Scottsbluff County, Nebraska.
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Union Valley - Dist. #6
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
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.
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Dist. #110
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
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.
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Lake Alice - Dist. #65
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Lake Alice School, located 6 miles north and 3 miles east of Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
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Curly School - Dist. #12
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Curly School, located 17 miles west of Hemingford, in Sioux County, Nebraska.
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Denmon School
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Denmon School, located 5 miles south and 2 miles east of Shelton.
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Dorsey - Dist. #4
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
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.