Schools of Johnson County WY

Barnum School

This is a Barnum School Christmas Party in 1956 or 1957. Names on the photo are: Charlie Graves, Bonnie Graves, Miss Lopez's sister, Virginia Wolcott, Joyce Graves, Sheila Roberts, Kathy Taylor, Eddie Yeigh, Dee Yeigh, Susan Payseno, Susan Roberts, Chuck Harlan, Gary Yeigh, Raymond Yeigh, Ken Graves, Sue Yeigh, Joan Roberts, Wayne Graves, Billy Taylor?

These are cheerleaders from the Barnum School in approximately 1968. Shown from left to right are Becky Brock, Vicky Johnstone, Karen Wolcott, Ethel Forbes, Kathy Wolcott, and Christy Taylor.

Kaycee Schools

Kaycee girls basketball team in 1932. Pictured from left to right: Evy Lund, Verna Lund, Margaret Tilton, Mae McKenna, Stapp, and Gladys Daveson.

Kaycee second-grade class in 1982, taught by Jani Vandeusen.

Buffalo Schools

The original Log House School and Church

1904 Buffalo High School

1906 Fire that destroyed the Buffalo High School

1911 Buffalo High School

Wooden Elementry School Buffalo WY

Buffalo Grade School

A little bit of history of our Buffalo "city" schools. We have wonderful photos of the rural schools too. Sadly, there was a bad fire in March of 1906 that completely burned the almost new school. This is the school that we now call the Bomber Mountain Civic Center. Images and information are from Johnson County WY Library

1945 Buffalo 7th Grade Class Photo - Names below

Names of the 7th Grade 1945 Class:

Teacher: Ira Harris

1st Row: Ralph Johnson, Donnie Larkin, ?, Raymond Snelling, Cecil Fieldgrove, Jim Miller, ? Gary Anderson, ?Phillip Vallejo, Roy Shambaugh

2nd Row:
Della-Johnsen, John Miniger, Dick Suhr, Joanne Weher, Georgia Murray, Anita Curuchet, Janet Sackert ,Arnette Langunst, Nancy Hicks, Sarah Ann Cain, Audrey Goodrich, Roberta Barton

3rd Row:
Teacher, Jon Kostenlose, Jeanette / Janelle ?, Mary Ruth Palmer, Doris Johnson, Gladys Jacobson, Bessie Dickerson (Waggoner), Darlene Reumann, Ann Smith, Marjorie Brug,  Margie Hughes, Robert Simmons, Bill Bennett, Bill Jones Teacher?

4th Row:

Jerry Adams, Kells Waggoner, Lucy Andrada, Vernor Lloyd, Walter Patch, Bob Lyman, Alan Jolly, Buck Lawrence, Jack Williams, Dale Shelton, Larry Benton, ?, ?

5th Row:
?, Betty Bryant, ?, ?, Esther Mathison, Josephine Stuckert, Lucy Andrada, ?, Phyllis Person, Blanche Dubois, Jim Qurney

 

1956 Buffalo Grade School

Clearmont WY ~ Old Rock School

Old Rock School Football Team

Old Rock School Clearmont WY

Old Rock School with Students late 1800's

1898 Rock School 2016

The Rock School house was built in 1898 with stone quarried from the local hills. The Lincoln Land Compnay provided the land so that the Community could build a multi-purpose building to be used as a school, church and community building.  Local families and businessmen provided the labor and supplies. When finished, the one room building measured about 26' x 30' and served the students and families of the area for 100 years. A new high school was built in 1929, but students still used the Rock School as a classroom. Eventually, it was turned into the Industrial Art/Vo Ag building. In 1992, the doors of the Rock School were officially closed to the public. From 1992 to 2015, the community worked diligently to help maintain the Rock School. Starting in 2015, Sheridan County School District #3 held community meetings to develop a long term plan for the Rock School because the structure of the building started to fail. Due to deterioration of the building , the Rock School was torn down in the Fall of 2016. The Picnic Area and Memorial were completed in the Spring of 2018 as a way to dedicate and preserve the history of the Rock School

Anna Patrick (Teacher) at the Sussex School with students Warren, Bobby, and Donna Mae Long.

 

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