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The
Old San Jacinto School
3 miles East of
Vigo Park |
The
old San Jacinto School 3 miles East of Vigo
Park
Photo courtesy Erik Whetstone, April 2004 |
| "That
structure is the old San Jacinto School that burned a few years ago
and is located 3 miles East of Vigo
Park. San Jacinto was a separate community, as told to me by Frances
Henderson, the postmistress at Vigo
Park. |
The
school entrance close up
Photo courtesy Suzan Caudle, Lubbock, TX |
| As shown in the
photo you can make out most of the letters in "San Jacinto" still
on the brick wall of the entrance to the school." - David
Higgins & Suzan Caudle, Lubbock, TX, November 17, 2005
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| Photo
courtesy Suzan Caudle, Lubbock, TX |
Forum:
Subject: San Jancinto School
Dear TE, In your online articile about San Jancinto School [one of
the photos shows it] as being in Swisher County. You may want to check
the county lines as I was always under the impression it was in Briscoe
County. My family lived in and around Vigo
Park from approx. 1963 - 1971. When we first moved there I was
in the 4th grade and there was talk (although I am not sure how serious)
about transferring me to the two room school house since it was closer,
however, my parents opted to keep me in the Tulia Public Schools 23
1/2 miles away. To my knowledge none of the Swisher County kids attended
the school. As I remember it was just attended by those in Briscoe
County. Dallas Culwell's kids (Terry, Gene, Collene and Denise) attended
the school and then transferred to school in Silverton.
Their Swisher County cousins attended the Tulia
Schools. The school burned while we lived in the area, but I don't
remember if the school closed prior to the fire or as a result of
the fire. As I remember, the last teachers were a huband and wife
who lived in a house adjacent to the school.
- Patti Stephens Mason, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, September 29, 2007
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