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The old Nash
Schoolhouse shown with the historical marker
Photo
courtesy Bob Worley, August 2005 |
Historical marker:
Nash Public
School
In 1873 pioneer
settler Thomas Alexander Williams (1827-1900) brought his family to
this area, which was known as Garden Valley. Soon after his
arrival, he directed the establishment of a school for the community.
Classes were conducted at this site, originally part of Williams'
farm. Renamed after the Nash Post Office opened in 1883, the public
school closed in 1938 and students were transferred to nearby districts.
The existing two-story frame building, which served as the second
schoolhouse, in now used as a community center.
1980 |
Nash
Public School Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Bob Worley, August 2005
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The
old schoolhouse as the Community Center / Museum today
Photo
courtesy Bob Worley, August 2005 |
Marker of Thomas
Alexander Williams who gave this acre "as the building site
for the first Garden Valley School, erected about 1875." The
town grew up around the school.
Photo courtesy Bob Worley, August 2005
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