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History of the Wabash School
Table of Contents

	Cover Page	Featuring photo of the Wabash School
	I. Introductory Information	Copyright Information Additions and Corrections About the Author Acknowledgements Foreword The Old Schoolhouse (poem)
	II. In the Beginning	The First Settlers The Weatherspoon Mill John Spain The Runaway Slaves The Spain School
	III. The Log Cabin Spain School	First Known Written Records (1863) 1864 District Census District Expenses from 1865 to 1870
	IV. A New Schoolhouse	Vote for New Schoolhouse Detailed Description 1872 District Census Preparations for the Second New Schoolhouse 1890 District Census
	V. Second New Schoolhouse	Detailed Description Bidding and Construction Results of 1890 Census Items for New Schoolhouse Changes in School Year
	VI. Heating of the Schoolhouse	Listing of those supplying wood and coal to the Wabash School from 1876 to 1927
	VII. Teachers of the Wabash School	Listing of all teachers from 1862 to 1948
	VIII. Photographs of a Few of the School Teachers	Old photos beginning in 1891
	IX. End of the Wabash School District	How the districted ended and what happened to the schoolhouse
	X. Statistics	Some of the school district census statistics from 1875 through 1920
	XI. Students that Attended the Wabash School	Students who were known to have attended the Wabash School over the years
	XII. Photographs of Wabash School Students	1891 School Photo 1909 School Photo 1922 "Reunion" Photo 1923 School Photo 1932 School Photo 1934 School Photo 1935 Photo of Last Day of School 1940 School Photo
	XIII. Assorted Memories	Assorted memories of Edward Quicksall from his days at the Wabash School
	XIV. Early Homesteads and Families in the Wabash District	A listing of all known families in the Wabash District, plus a corresponding map of homesteads sites
	XV. What Happened to the Old Schoolhouses	An account of what happened to each building when it was no longer used for school
	XVI. Favorite Songs and Games	Several favorite songs and games of the Wabash School students
	XVII. Addendum	This section was added after the original printing of the book. It includes records of students and class schedule of the 1947-48 school year, the school's final year.
	The End	Final thoughts by Larry Quicksall

Copyright (c) 2009 Larry E. Quicksall -- Larry1 @ Quicksall.net