ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: A special thanks to the Colfax County Superintendent's office for supplying the following information.
There is no actual list of school board members in the early years. However, the following list was recorded in a record book as the name of the director to whom the school's monies were paid on June 18, 1874:
District Name of Director
1 Isaac Albertson
2 C. P. Furay
3 Newell Wheeler
4 Alva G. Skinner
5 J. P. Maple
6 William Draper
7 Pat Murphy
8 Washington Fulton
9 G. W. Rose
10 Henry D. Slayton
11 J. N. Waid
12 Robert L. Payne
13 Levy Eby
14 Joseph Svoboda
15 J. P. Smith
16 James A. Fraser
17 John F. Sobota
18 A. W. Darling
19 John Nieman
20 J. L. Cushman
21 William M. Luke
22 James Hughes
23 John Kellen
24 Fred Fisher
25 John Tideswell
26 J. A. Harr
27 George Edmison
28 Nelson Hartgrove
29 Jesse Hall
30 William Tylle
31 Joseph Smith
32 Thomas Walker
33 Peter Schad
34 J. P. Strong
35 George Spence
36 H. Oscar Van Shuts
37 J. B. Sindelar
38 John Novotony
39 B. W. Valentine
41 Gerhard Schutte
42 Burton Tompkins
44 Joseph White
45 R. D. McKee
46 John Cook
47 John Folda
55 A. G. Otto, Dodge Co.
District Name Name of Office
1 Thomas Groat Director
Andrew Gless Moderator
James Coventry Treasurer
2 E. L. True President
E. T. Hodsdon Secretary
3 Sidney Tivey Director
Henry Pehner Moderator
J. P. McCullough Treasurer
4 J. C. VanHousen Director
Frank Abart Moderator
John Smith Treasurer
5 James Haney Director
Thos. Lyons Moderator
James A. Hall Treasurer
6 Murty Tighe Director
Jacob Lockwood Moderator
E. J. Ernst Treasurer
7 O. B. Halstead Director
William Pollard Moderator
R. H. Goodeje Treasurer
8 J. H. Plugge Director
G. W. Erb Moderator
M. Sattler Treasurer
9 Mrs. C. F. Beutley Director
Frank Wheeler Moderator
John Ryan Treasurer
10 Anson VanHousen Director
Henry Gaitshow Moderator
K. VanHousen Treassurer
11 Robert Smith Director
Pat Chaplin Moderator
M. J. Ritsdorf Treasurer
12 George Hoagland Director
Fred Bamholdt Moderator
J. J. Hansen Treasurer
13 John Schuldt Director
E. H. Corsen Moderator
Carl Wittenberg Treasurer
14 T. Cech Director
Frank Lodl Moderator
Anton Schultz Treasurer
15 P. M. Higgins Director
J. Stenky Moderator
Joseph Jonas Treasurer
16 W. H. Wood Director
O. F. Brown Moderator
P. Finnagan Treasurer
17 Oscar Enger Director
Joseph Sobota Moderator
A. Sinamark Treasurer
18 Chris. Funk Director
L. Paden Moderator
George Moore Treasurer
19 Henry Kohn Director
Carl Sehase Moderator
Mina Wieman Treasurer
20 John L. Cushman Director
H. P. Moore Moderator
Henry Bridges Treasurer
21 Joseph Sousek Director
Henry Kroeger Moderator
John Massa Treasurer
22 John Fritton Director
Ph. Frease Moderator
Chr. Weeces Treasurer
23 Truman Coman Director
Ed. Ketchmark Moderator
William Brockelsby Treasurer
24 William Tennant Director
Oscar Shedd Moderator
Thomas Gerrard Treasurer
25 Gus. Schmidt Director
B. R. Briggs Moderator
G. W. Moore Treasurer
26 C. A. Morian Director
Garret Waters Moderator
William Luckey Treasurer
27 Conrad Huhn Director
John O’Connell Moderator
August Herde Treasurer
28 Charles Schafer Director
Clif VanHousen Moderator
R. W. VanHousen Treasurer
29 Frank Evert Director
30 Louis Friedl Director
John J. Novotney Moderator
Henry Huff Treasurer
31 Joseph Smith Director
Frank Suche Moderator
Thomas Hyland Treasurer
32 J. W. Allen Director
33 Conrad Knipping Director
Martin Koreski Moderator
Anton Hagaman Treasurer
34 John Seltzer Director
J. P. Strong Moderator
James Langley Treasurer
35 Vaslav Hruska Director
Joseph Mejstrick Moderator
Frank Semerad Treasurer
36 Ferd. Burger Director
Joseph Glodovsky Moderator
Adam Parr Treasurer
37 John Sinderlav Director
Joseph Svoboda Moderator
Frank Hajek Treasurer
38 William Mitchell Director
Mark Moore Moderator
Wensel Telucky Treasurer
39 H. A. Vail Director
V. W. Graves Moderator
F. J. Smith Treasurer
40 Thomas McCurdy Director
J. A. Barrett Moderator
P. F. Barrett Treasurer
41 John Rickert Director
Lud. Machaelson Moderator
C. W. Comwell Treasurer
42 William Cate Director
George Church Moderator
Charles Church Treasurer
43 William Snyder Director
Ed. Bame Moderator
W. F. Millisack Treasurer
44 J. P. Maple Director
Jonas Blust Moderator
John O’Bryan Treasurer
45 R. D. McKee Director
O. G. Collins Moderator
J. D. Bowers Treasurer
46 Frank Eller Director
L. L. Guthrie Moderator
47 John Folda Director
John Ciha Moderator
Frank Lodl Treasurer
48 A. Bohac Director
H. G. Braucht Moderator
Joseph Dudek Treasurer
49 William Connolly Director
O. P. Martin Moderator
John Mitchell Treasurer
50 W. C. Perry Director
Frank Telucky Moderator
Ernst Rosburg Treasurer
51 J. T. Chilcoat Director
William Taylor Moderator
W. B. Moore Treasurer
52 Frank Swoboda Director
J. H. Zrust Moderator
Joseph Tepley Treasurer
53 Filip Mrsny Director
Frank Sterba Moderator
John Petr Treasurer
54 James W. Cook Director
E. L. Mathew Moderator
James Overstreet Treasurer
55 John Gallagher Director
John Dickerson Moderator
W. R. Black Treasurer
56 George Schlemmer Director
Charles McLaughlin Moderator
Stephen Schuessler Treasurer
57 James H. Leeson Director
Henry Heitzmann Moderator
Frank Mundil Treasurer
58 Joseph Hajek Director
John Blotz Moderator
Joseph Fajmon Treasurer
59 J. H. Melding Director
B. Dunkle Moderator
J. B. Sindelar Treasurer
60 C. H. Smith Director
S. S. Smith Moderator
H. W. Smith Treasurer