![]() ![]() ![]() At 14th and Cherokee Roads, east of Oketo. It was named for the Scully family, wealthy landholders from Ireland, who once owned and rented out thousands of acres in Kansas and other midwestern states. This building was used from 1898 until 1953. Named for a family in the area, the school building was the scene of the 1891 school board election where a dispute led to the Goldsberry-Bender murder. At 29th Terrace (K-88) and Valley Road, south of Vermillion. The people in District 75 simply called their school by its number. On 19th Terrace between Wildcat and Yonder Roads, southwest of Frankfort. The limestone building (1870, south wing 1896) is on the National Register of Historic Places. Some schools changed their name over the years.īarrett was the county’s first school district, organized in 1858. Today only a few schoolhouses are still standing at their original locations. Eventually better transportation made school consolidation possible. The county once had over 100 rural schools. Re-enactment at Game Fork School, Waterville ![]()
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