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Local History

Prairie Grove School

Schoolcraft Township

Location: District #8 – Section 27, south side of XY Avenue between Portage and  Barton Lake Roads.

Kalamazoo County 1873. Published by F. W. Beers. Local History Room

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Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo File P-1288

 

Building destroyed by fire in 1991.

Teachers

1921-22 Maude Miller
1925-26 Leona Swain
1927-28 Mabel L. Starr
1929-30 Gladys Earle
1930-31 Wilma Yunker
1931-33 Gladys Earle
1933-36 Leslie Harmon
1936-37 Glenn L. Heikes
1937-38 Katherine Bullock
1938-41 Virginia Corlew
1941-45 Mrs. Lena Graham
1945-46 Ruth Mary Sager
1946-47 Mary Ruth Sager
1947-48 no longer listed in directory

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. List of teachers compiled by Lisa Frazier, KPL Intern, February 2017. Last updated 8 June 2022.

Sources

Manuscripts

List of one-room schools still standing in Kalamazoo County in 1982

  • Hultmark, Sarah.
  • Manuscript, Local History Collection, Kalamazoo Public Library

Maps and atlases

USGS Topographic Maps for Kalamazoo County, 1922/1950 (Schoolcraft Quadrangle)

  • History Room topographic map case, drawer 5B, folder 37.

Articles

“Vicksburg-area school burns”

Kalamazoo Gazette, 28 March 1991, Section C, page 4, column 1.

“Vicksburg sets reward in search for arsonist of historic school

  • Kalamazoo Gazette, 19 May 1991, Section A, page 10, column 1.

Files

Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921-22, 1925-1948 (title varies)

  • Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)

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