One-Room Schoolhouses
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Mike Day, a 35-year employee of the Telegraph Herald, is our senior artist and page designer by job title. But he also is our resident historian, and he works on a few big projects each year delving into unique facets of tri-state-area history. This project evolved from one of those efforts.
Mike started out planning to write a story, take some photos and gather some memories about one-room schools around the tri-states. Mike had no idea just how big a project he was taking on. The task set Mike on a path of discovery of the myriad schoolhouses in the tri-state area and the many local residents who hold close their memories of the education they got in those rooms.
A few fun facts and highlights that the magazine includes:
- Schools were generally located every few miles so that no student had to walk more than about 2 miles to school.
- By the early 1900s, there were at least 1,000 one-room schools within 50 miles of Dubuque.
- Memories from 65 former students, representing 59 schools.
- Recollections from seven one-room school teachers.
- Profiles and/or photos of 17 restored schools, six repurposed schools and 19 abandoned schools.
- All told, 112 area schools (at least one from each of the 10 counties in the TH coverage area) are mentioned in the magazine.
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