The History of Rural Schools of Putnam County, 1843-1965
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 365
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sue Thomas
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2013-04-19
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0826265669
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe one-room schoolhouse may be a thing of the past, but it is the foundation on which modern education rests. Sue Thomas now traces the progress of early education in Missouri, demonstrating how important early schools were in taming the frontier. A Second Home offers an in-depth and entertaining look at education in the days when pioneers had to postpone schooling for their children until they could provide shelter for their families and clear their fields for crops, while well-to-do families employed tutors or sent their children back east. Thomas tells of the earliest known English school at the Ramsay settlement near Cape Girardeau, then of the opening of a handful of schools around the time of the Louisiana Purchase—such as Benjamin Johnson’s school on Sandy Creek, Christopher Schewe’s school for boys when St. Louis was still a village, and the Ste. Genevieve Academy, where poor and Indian children were taught free of charge. She describes how, as communities grew, additional private schools opened—including “dame schools,” denominational schools, and subscription schools—until public education came into its own in the 1850s. Drawing on oral histories collected throughout the state, as well as private diaries and archival research, the book is full of firsthand accounts of what education once was like—including descriptions of the furnishings, teaching methods, and school-day activities in one-room log schools. It also includes the experiences of former slaves and free blacks following the Civil War when they were newly entitled to public education, with discussions of the contributions of John Berry Meachum, James Milton Turner, and other African American leaders. With its remembrances of simpler times, A Second Home tells of community gatherings in country schools and events such as taffy pulls and spelling bees, and offers tales of stern teachers, student pranks, and schoolyard games. Accompanying illustrations illuminate family and school life in the colonial, territorial, early statehood, and post-Civil War periods. For readers who recall older family members’ accounts or who are simply fascinated by the past, this is a book that will conjure images of a bygone time while opening a new window on Missouri history.
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Publisher: Gary G. Lloyd
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 298
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescendants of Jacob B. Loyd (1808-1873), son of James Loyd, who was born in Wayne Co., Kentucky, and died in Putnam Co., Missouri. He was married 1831 in Wayne Co., Ky. to Nancy Bell (1808-1895), the daughter of Jeremiah Bell. She was born in Kentucky. They were parents of seven children. Family lived in Wayne Co., Kentucky until after 1840 when they moved to Bradley Co., Tennessee and ca. 1852 to Putnam Co., Missouri. Descendants live in Missouri, Idaho, Kansas, Oregon, Arizona, Iowa, Nebraska and elsewhere.
Author: American Association for State and Local History
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 1366
ISBN-13: 9780759100022
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis multi-functional reference is a useful tool to find information about history-related organizations and programs and to contact those working in history across the country.
Author: Francis Asbury Sampson
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 596
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 308
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 180
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 320
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Published: 1836
Total Pages: 116
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