Sunnyside School - Independence, KS
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saopaulo1
N 37° 07.487 W 095° 50.232
15S E 247942 N 4112484
The former Sunnyside School in Independence, KS.
Waymark Code: WM17B2H
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2023
Views: 1
"Sunnyside School was dedicated in 1872 as a one-room schoolhouse with capacity for 36 students. Some years as many as fifty crowded in, sharing desks. 18 year old Lillian Jones (great grandmother to the owners) arrived in 1901 and rode a horse through pastures and prairie to teach all eight grades. Her students ranged from five to seventeen years of age. She made $25.00 a month fora four month term. This school is similar to one that Laura, Mary and Carrie would have attended, had they stayed in Kansas. Bill and Wilma Kurtis, the founders of the museum, moved the school to this location in 1976, as a memorial to Lillian Jones Horton and all teachers in Kansas. It will always be Grandma's school to the Horton's four generations."
Address:
2507 CR, 3000 Rd
Independence, KS USA
Web Site: [Web Link]
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