History of schools in Cedar County, Missouri by Fred M. Crawford.  Andrew S. Steward, first teacher, 1841.

Provided by Evelyn Gray.

Cane Hill School. 1927-1928. On the back of the picture:  Cane Hill School Group. Teacher, Miss Bessie Cowan.

Second Row: second from left, Ivan Thomas Holmes (1919--2004), son of Thomas Jefferson & Jennie Ester (Lowry) Holmes. 

Back Row: left is Wilma Simmons.

Front Row: 5th from the left is Marjorie Simmons.  They are the daughters of Lillie (Chism) & Warner Simmons.

Picture provided by Louise Chism.

Cedar Hall School. 1935. Two and one-half miles southeast of Jerico Springs, Cedar County, MO. 

Back row, left to right: Lewis Wolf, Gene Jacobs, Charles Boston, Mae Boston, Maxine Brown (Teacher) Ruth Naselroad, Helen Ballard and Leo Edwards.

Middle Row L-R: Nellie Boston, Edith Wolf, Esther Orendorf, Meridith Ballard, Marguerite Wolf, and Russell Boston.

Front row L-R: Edgar Jacobs, Jack Naselroad, ? McPhearson, Laura McPhearson, Ethel Wolf, Rosalee Ballard and Edith Fern Ballard.

Picture provided by Tom Jacobs. 

Cedar Springs School. 1947.

Top Row: Donita Jean (Leonard) Trent, Minta Ellan (Davis) Gilpin, William Leroy Leonard, Ruby Smith, Teacher.

Middle Row: Bonnie (Watts) Runyan, Thelma Jean (Blackmore) Smith, Rose Marie (Leonard) Smith, Joyce Bland, Joan Vilhouse, Alice Roselee (Smith) Rector, Virgie Fae (Leonard) Francis, Charles Lee Smith.

Front Row: Norman D. Scott, Bonnie Carol (Smith) Jones, Mary Evelyn (Blackmore) Ford, Glenda Lee (Allen) McCormick, Jerl Junior Leonard, Don Gaylon Leonard, Kent Gilbert Leonard.

Picture provided by Jerl Leonard

Coal Hill School.  February 1927. Coal Hill was in the middle of the coal mines less than a mile from St. Clair County; nearby is Lebeck, Cedar Springs, and El Dorado Springs. Ralph Magnas was the last teacher, 1955.

Zelma Manley near the back row has been identified (but not marked on the picture).

Picture provided by Richard D. Vest.

Forest Grove School. 

Picture provided by Diane Gaume

Gordon School. 

Picture provided by Diane Gaume.

Hall School.  Dec 5, 1900. Back Row on left, only person identified is Florence Evans.

 Hall School was 4 miles due north of Jerico Springs, more specifically, it lay about one-half mile northwest of the Hall Cemetery which is on the Wagoner Road between Wagoner and Highway 97.  The first records of this school are for the year 1895. The school had teachers and a board of directors until 1949. 

Picture provided by Edy Rodarme.

Hazel Dell School.  1944-1945

Picture provided by Jim Leonard.

Hazel Dell School.  1945-46.

Picture provided by Jim Leonard.

Hazel Dell School.  1947-1948.

Picture provided by Jim Leonard

Johnson School. 1911.  Johnson (or Johnston as some say it should be called) is located on Highway 39 across from Herriman's Church camp near Cedar Springs, from in the 1870s until 1953.

The second girl from the left at the back is Elsie Nora Worthington, great grandmother of Justin Neely who provided the picture. In her row, two over, is Alva (Messick) Neely.

Liberty School.  District 34 on Power Line Road. Teacher Connie Lockmiller.

Picture provided by the Cedar County Historical Society.

Old Union School.

White Hall School.  1917.

White Hall School was on the north side of White Hall Road about two miles east of Virgil City.  The last teacher was Lucille Phipps, 1949-51.

Picture and information provided by Ken Fortney.

Picture and information provided by Ken Fortney.

Wright School.  Wright is a flat-land district north and mostly west of Filley. The last teacher was Norine Watts, 1950-53.

Picture provided by Ken Fortney.

Wright School.  1900.

Picture provided by Ken Fortney.

Wright School.  1947-1948.

Picture provided by Jim Leonard.

Wright School.  1949-1950.

Picture provided by Jim Leonard.