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Group of students at Jacox School waiting for the bus to take them to Hillsboro. Last year of the school at Jacox. Front Row L to R: Juanita Boggs (m. Basil Cain); Marie Boggs (unmarried); Claude Simmons, Buster Doss. Back Row L to R: Gene Boggs,…

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Jacox School Easter Egg Hunt, students and teacher, the school's last year. Front Row L to R:Buster Doss, Claude Simmons, Marie Boggs, Ruth Ann Boggs, Gene Boggs, Juanita Boggs. Middle Row L to R: Jack Boggs, Karl Pritt, Wallace Cochran, Ed Boggs.…

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Students and Teachers in front of the Pleasant Valley School, also know as Hills Creek School. One-room school constructed of hand-hewn logs was built by a Mr. Isbell near Lobelia, W.Va. It was in use by sometime in the 1890’s and it closed in 1942.…

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Left to right: Agnes Price, Fannie Golden and Nell McLaughlin at Marlinton Graded School. Marlinton Methodist Church in background.

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Fannie Golden of Marlinton, kneeling in front of Clint Yeager of Bartow. Marlinton Graded School in background. Caption: "A Leap Year Proposal Undecided"

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"The Last Day of School." Graduating Class of 1912 on steps of Marlinton School.

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Group of students playing ball on the playground at Marlinton School. Fannie Golden in white shirt.

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Graduating Class of 1912 on steps of Marlinton School, "last time out of the door together."

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Large group of children and adults on the last day of school at the Browns Creek School north of Huntersville, W.Va. School opened in 1895 and closed in 1920. Building later became Browns Creek Church.

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Hillsboro High School Class Play in 1914 at Hillsboro, W.Va. Cast in costume on stage. Eva Beard, Sherman Moore, Polly Sydenstricker, Ralph Buckley, Henry Beard, Carl Bruffey, Dakota Kirk, Clyde Grimes, Lynn Overholt, Hallie Burr, Ruth Cline, Ulric…

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Hillsboro High School Class Play in 1914 at Hillsboro, W.Va. Cast in costume on stage. Not identified.

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Hillsboro High School under construction in Hillsboro, W.Va. Shows man standing in front doorway.

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Side view of Huntersville Grade School in Huntersville, W.Va. Built in the late 1880's to replace the Huntersville Academy. Land given by Charles Grose.

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Group of students at the Spruce School In the old lumber town of Spruce on Cheat Mountain above Cass, W.Va. Grades 1-8, Teacher: Ruth Blackhurst who was 19 yrs. Old. Students are Seated outside with house visible in background.

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Ruth Blackhurst, 19 years old, teacher at Spruce School in the lumber town of Spruce on Cheat Mountain, above Cass, W.Va. Seated on Western Maryland Railroad Bridge with company houses in backgrounds.

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A small black and white dog looking out on the log pond at the old lumber town of Spruce on Cheat Mountain above Cass, W.Va. Shows company houses, Western Maryland train and train underpass.

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Students exiting the Spruce School for recess. Grades 1 through 8, teacher was Ruth Blackhurst. The lumber town of Spruce was on Cheat Mountain above Cass, W.Va.

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Students at Spruce School during recess. Grades 1 through 8, teacher was Ruth Blackhurst. Shows students looking out of windows. The lumber town of Spruce was on Cheat Mountain above Cass, W.Va.

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Ruth Blackhurst, 19 years old, teacher at Spruce School in the lumber town of Spruce on Cheat Mountain, above Cass, W.Va. Shown with dog in front of company houses.
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