| LOUISA COUNTY, IOWA |  |
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| LOUISA COUNTY, IOWA | |
 | Compiled 1988 by: Leonard Kerr Helen Clark Amy Shutt Mary Beth Carey We thank Bernard Gajewski for his drawing of Pleasant View School, Columbus City Township. |
Photographs from the "Rural Schools of Louisa County” are available at the Louisa County Historical Society Museum, Wapello, Iowa.
| Introduction: | |
| A Note from the Committee | Page 5 |
| Acknwledgment and Dedication | Page 6 |
| Board of Directors 1988 thru 1990 | Page 7 |
| 1988 Officers | Page 9 |
| Heritage Center Information (1990) | Page 11 |
| I Didn't go to a Rural School But… | Page 11 |
| Chapter 1 - Columbus City Township | Page 13 |
| 1. Dutch Ridge | Page 14 |
| 2. Ferndale No. 10 | Page 16 |
| 3. Lincoln | Page 19 |
| 4. Lone Oak No. 11 | Page 20 |
| 5. Louisa Center No. 1 | Page 23 |
| 6. Old Clifton No. 6 | Page 27 |
| 7. Pleasant View No. 2 | Page 30 |
| 8. Shellbark No. 5 | Page 35 |
| 9. Tennessee | Page 39 |
| 10. Yankee Town | Page 40 |
| Chapter 2 - Concord Township | Page 43 |
| 1. Fredonia No. 2 | Page 44 |
| 2. Indian Creek | Page 48 |
| 3. Linn Grove | Page 54 |
| 4. Sandy Grove | Page 56 |
| 5. Washington Independent | Page 61 |
| 6. Welington | Page 67 |
| Chapter 3 - Eliot Township | Page 71 |
| 1. Ballard | Page 72 |
| 2. Carl | Page 73 |
| 3. Lone Star No. 7 | Page 73 |
| 4. Palo Alto | Page 76 |
| 5. Prairie Point No. 5 | Page 76 |
| 6. Spring Branch | Page 79 |
| 7. Walnut Dell | Page 80 |
| Chapter 4 - Elm Grove Township | Page 133 |
| 1. Elm Grove No. 1 | Page 134 |
| 2. Hoosier Bend | Page 134 |
| 3. Number 5 | Page 134 |
| 4. Pitchin No. 2 | Page 134 |
| 5. Swamp College No. 6 | Page 138 |
| 6. Young America | Page 140 |
| Chapter 5 - Grandview Township | Page 85 |
| 1. Avondale | Page 86 |
| 2. Ferndale | Page 85 |
| 3. Forest Hill | Page 88 |
| 4. Hawkeye | Page 91 |
| 5. Mt. Hope | Page 92 |
| 6. Oakdale | Page 95 |
| 7. Olive Branch | Page 96 |
| 8. Pleasant View | Page 97 |
| Chapter 6 - Jefferson Township | Page 99 |
| 1. Cornstock or Pleasant View | Page 102 |
| 2. Hook | Page 100 |
| 3. Oak Grove No. 2 | Page 100 |
| 4. Orchard Grove | Page 101 |
| 5. Toolesboro | Page 102 |
| Chapter 7 - Marshall Township | Page 107 |
| 1. Amity No. 3 | Page 108 |
| 2. Cairo | Page 112 |
| 3. Franklin No. 5 | Page 117 |
| 4. Hope | Page 119 |
| 5. Oakland No. 1 | Page 120 |
| 6. Orchard Grove No. 6 | Page 122 |
| 7. Otter Creek No. 7 | Page 124 |
| 8. Shakerag | Page 129 |
| 9. Washington No. 4 | Page 130 |
| Chapter 8 - Morning Sun Township | Page 143 |
| 1. Concord No. 4 | Page 144 |
| 2. Honey Creek No. 6 | Page 145 |
| 3. Liberty No. 2 | Page 146 |
| 4. Mid Prairie No. 3 | Page 147 |
| 5. Midway | Page 150 |
| 6. Star-A | Page 151 |
| 7. Union No. 1 | Page 152 |
| Chapter 9 - Oakland Township | Page 153 |
| 1. Baker No. 2 | Page 154 |
| 2. Big Spring Run No. 5 (also called Shakerag) | Page 156 |
| 3. Carpenter No. 1 | Page 158 |
| 4. McQueen | Page 160 |
| 5. Oakland No. 4 | Page 162 |
| Chapter 10 - Port Louisa Township | Page 169 |
| 1. Blaul | Page 170 |
| 2. Bluff | Page 173 |
| 3. Harrison | Page 173 |
| 4. Hopewell | Page 175 |
| 5. Weaver | Page 180 |
| 6. West Port | Page 183 |
| Chapter 11 - Union Township | Page 187 |
| 1. Boston | Page 188 |
| 2. Carson No. 1 | Page 189 |
| 3. Edwards | Page 191 |
| 4. Frog Pond No. 2 | Page 191 |
| 5. Short Creek | Page 197 |
| Chapter 12 - Wapello Township | Page 199 |
| 1. Bethel | Page 200 |
| 2. Fairview | Page 202 |
| 3. Maple Grove | Page 203 |
| 4. Newport No. 11 | Page 204 |
| 5. Oak Grove | Page 207 |
| 6. Oakwood Hall | Page 207 |
| 7. Pine Grove | Page 208 |
| 8. Pleasant Prairie | Page 209 |
| 9. Sweet Home | Page 210 |
| 10. Victory No. 8 | Page 210 |
| Chapter 13 - Miscelaneous Materials | |
| One Thousand Attend Louisa Music Festival | Page 215 |
| The Declamatory Event | Page 215 |
| Louisa County Institutes | Page 215 |
| Rural School Games | Page 216 |
| County Exams (for teachers) - 1935 | Page 217 |
| Teachers' Tests Scheduled Soon | Page 219 |
| Eighth Grade Exams - 1920 | Page 220 |
| Eighth Grade Graduates - June 20, 1940 | Page 220 |
| School Children in Louisa County - 1935 | Page 221 |
| Four Standard Schools - 1935-36 | Page 221 |
| School Census of Louisa County - 1936 | Page 221 |
| Two Dedicated Teachers, Hallie & Nellie Lee | Page 222 |
| Teaching In The 'Good' Old Days: 1872 Rules for Teachers 1915 Rules for Teachers 1930 Rules for Teachers A 1926 Teacher Contract A Later Teacher Contract" | Page 224 |
| County Superintendents in Louisa County | Page 226 |
| A Christmas Remembered | Page 227 |
| A Letter From Louisa County Teacher | Page 231 |
| The Close of School | Page 234 |