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Carter County Schools - Release 1

Amarada School
No photograph is available.
The Amarada School came into existence after the demise of the Crinerville School. It was named after the Amarada Oil Company and was located apx. 1/2 mile south of the oil camp, and 1/2 mile north of the Crinerville cemetery, on the east side of the road. There is now a house where the school used to be. Children from the oil camp attended, as well as farm children.Two of the teachers were Mr. and Mrs. V.S. Watson. The Amarada School burned about 1942.
***A special acknowledgement to Opal (Gardner) Lee, former student.***
Additional information and corrections can be sent to: oldccschools@satx.rr.com

Ambrose Ward School
No photograph is available.
Unsure of exact location.
"There was a school west of Dillard, OK, about 3/4 or 1 mile. It was called Ambrose Ward. I went there from 1st through 3rd grades, 1936 - 1938." - Doris Crye
Ambrose Ward operated within the Wilson school district.
A special acknowledgement to Doris Crye, a former student at Ambrose Ward School.
Additional information and corrections can be sent to: oldccschools@satx.rr.com

Barrett School
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"Barrett School (district #12, 1923) is located northwest of Berwyn and northeast of Springer. This is a one teacher school where all grades are taught are under Mrs. Ora Mae Gable. Sometime in the future it is possible that the district will petition to become a part of the Berwyn Consolidated District or the Springer School because of its location." - 1923
Acknowledgement: Tom Rankin
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Baum School
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"Baum School is located in the northeast part of the county. The principle industry in this school district is farming. Baum school maintains eight grades. The school census is 115 . The average daily attendance in the school is better than 90%." -1923
Amos Wolf was the teacher at Baum School in 1936.

Berwyn School
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"Berwyn Consolidated School is located in the town of Berwyn in the northeast portion of Carter County. There are at least three schools that have been added to the Berwyn system, those being the schools of Henderson Flatts, Dunlap and Cullins schools - Former school districts # 10s, 11 and 13. Superintendent is E.A. Gilder." -1923
After the pictured building burned, a new school called Gene Autry (reflecting the change in name of the town) was built in the same location. That second building stands today and serves as a museum.
Acknowledgements: Butch Bridges, whose grandfather built the school building pictured, Danny Hull & Thal McGinness

Black Jack School
Black Jack School was organized in 1909 in Township 5 South - Range 2 West ....."On the hill just beyond the creek in the midst of the wood lay a small plat of land which was chosen for a school. This became the forty-second district and the school was named Black Jack in memory of the wonderful trees of nature which surrounded it." The school offered 8 grades of work, taught under the direction of Mr. Fred T. Holland, Principal and his assistant Gladys Whitehall. -1923
Acknowledgements: Troy Loard & Danny Hull

Black Jack School (2)
No photograph is available.
"Black Jack School was located on N. Provence just before you get to Ponderosa Road, Section 17 4S 3E. The foundations are still there. It is near the edge of the road, 20 to 30 yards on the east side, to the north of the Black Jack cemetery gate."
This Blackjack School was not listed in the 1923 book by Kate Gault Zaneis. It lies in the center of the Clinton School District #7, so it may have been an earlier building that burned prior to 1923. The Black Jack School District listed by the county was south of Wilson.
Acknowledgement: "Max" Maxwell

Blue Ribbon School
"Blue Ribbon School is located a few miles northwest of Lone Grove. Mrs. Paul Mitchell is Principal of the school and Miss Etta Ward is assistant teacher. Under the careful management of these two teachers eight grades of work is taught." -1923
Acknowledgement: Sue Miller

Board Tree School
"Board Tree School was Laid Out and Organized - May 1913, 1923. Board Tree School House is located in a very beautiful locality. It stands on a small hill overlooking Board Tree Creek. The School house is a white two room structure with almost two acres of good play ground. On the outskirts of the school ground are found some very beautiful shade trees, which in the springtime greatly increase the beauty of the school. The school boasts of a good concrete cellar and a well containing some of the best water to be found in the country. Eight grades of work is managed by two teachers. Jewell Steward, Principal and Eileen Keys, Assistant."-1923
Acknowledgement: Troy Loard

Brock School
"The Brock School is located 7 miles southwest of Ardmore, near the community of Brock, which received its name from a Mr. Smith Brock, prominent Chickasaw. The school has a census of 125 and offers eight grades of work. Miss Grace Blankenship is principal of Brock and has been re-elected for next term. She has been ably assisted in the school by Miss Ada Ferguson. Several pupils of Brock District have received Common School Diplomas." -1923
To see a picture of the remnants of Brock School , go to:
Remnant

Brown School
Unsure of exact location.
"Brown School District 64 contains only four sections of land, being the smallest school district in Carter County. The school is located in the center of the district and no pupil following section lines can be any farther from the school house than two miles. The Brown school offers 8 grades of work and the district presently is paying tuition for two students to attend Ardmore High School. Location is Township 4 south & 3 south - Range 1 west." -1923
Acknowledgement: Peg Evers

Bryant School
This school was sometimes called Bryant "Red" School.
"Bryant School is located southeast of Wilson. This a two teacher school offering eight grades of work. Mr.E.A. Murchison is principal and is assisted by his wife, Mrs. Eula Murchison. This school is one of several schools in Carter County that will possibly solve a better school condition by joining neighboring districts to form a union graded or consolidated district." -1923
The teacher's house still exists adjacent to the site of the school.
Acknowledgements: Troy Loard & Peg Evers

Buckhorn School
Buckhorn School was on the Southeast corner of sec 04 03s 03w or at the intersection of what is now Buckhorn and Inwood roads. It was one of the original four schools to consolidate into the Fox Consolidated School District in 1922.
Acknowledgement: Newman Walker

Bunker Hill School
"Bunker Hill is a two teacher school located a few miles south of Lone Grove. The eight grades of school work in the district are taught by D.T.Stiles, principal, and Mattie Cypert, assistant. The principal industry in the community is farming. Many of the patrons of the district are interested in forming a consolidated school with Lone Grove District." -1923
Acknowledgements:C.B.Segler & Troy Loard

Camp School
" The first Camp school was a one-room log structure, built by the hardy pioneers of territorial days. A few years afterwards a small box building was erected which was later enlarged. The school offered the usual 8 grades of school work and also one year of high school work. The Camp community has organized a Sunday School and Literary Society. Ball teams have been organized to develop the boys and girls physically as well as mentally and morally. I believe I can say upon authority that there is not another school in Carter County in our class that can defeat us in athletics, debating and spelling. -Robert Cecil Cavins, Principal" -1923
Acknowledgement: Dennis Camp, for whose family the school was named.

Cannon School (aka, Russell School)
"Cannon School: The first school of District 51 was known as the Russell School House, which was located about a quarter of a mile from the present building and was a tuition school. The property on which it was located was owned by M.T.Pierce. The present location is on land donated by M.T.Pierce in 1914 and a new addition was added in 1921. The school was named for Mr. I.B. Cannon who was one of the districts first school board members and directors until his death in 1922. The school offers eight grades of school and is taught by two teachers - Mrs. Harry Howe is Principal." -1923

Carter-Humble School
Exact location unknown.

Cheek School
Exact location unknown
"The Cheek School in District 30, is located in the extreme south central portion of Carter County. Eight grades of school work is offered in this school under the direction of two teachers. Thomas Overstreet, principal of Cheek School, has taught sixteen consecutive years. The assistant teacher is Mrs. Mattie Barker, formally (formerly?) Miss Overstreet. The little village of Cheek, just south of the school house is the center of a farming community. -1923

Cisco School
"Cisco School District #17 is located near the County line between Carter & Love Counties in the southeastern part of Carter County. The school maintains eight grades of work under the direction of Mrs. Eula Galt." -1923
Other teachers at different times are believed to have been Breckenridge Hammond, Waco Turner, and Mr. Stepp.

Clinton School
Exact location unknown.
"Out on the Tishomingo road 6 miles east of Ardmore stands a little school house called Clinton in District 7. There has been a school at this place for about 10 years, but the first building was burned and the present building has been built here only about three years. Until this year the school has been managed by one teacher. - Presently the school has two teachers." -1923
The relationship to the "Blackjack School", that has been identified as being 1-1/2 miles to the north, is unclear. That location could have been the earlier schoolhouse that burned prior to 1923, as it lies in the center of the Clinton School District #7 that was laid out in 1909.
Acknowledgement: Peg Evers

Crinerville School
The gentlemen in the picture have been identified as school board members (L-R) Boone Bigham, Willie Wiggins and Fred Rudd.
"Crinerville School is located near Brock in the Amarado Oil Field. The school offers eight grades of work under the supervision of two teachers. Charles Gilder is principal and teaches the 5th, 6th. and 8th. grades. Ester Lee is assistant teacher and teaches the 1st., second, third and 4th. grades."-1923
Acknowledgement: Opal (Gardner) Lee

Cool Branch School
"Cool Branch School is located in the extreme NW corner of Carter County is a little white school house located on a hill overlooking a beautiful valley and a small cool stream from which the school takes its name. The enrollment of the school is about half a hundred and offers eight grades of school work. The Principal is Mr. Paul Dawson." - 1923
Acknowledgements: Doug Williams and a special acknowledgement to Hazel Lurinda Whitley, a former student at Cool Branch School.

Cullins School
Cullins Shool, District #13, was consolidated into the Berwyn School prior to 1923.The teacherage was likely located across the road, just north of the schoolhouse.
The one-room schoolhouse was dismantled in 1938 and the materials were used to build a private residence in Ardmore.
Acknowledgements: John Snodgrass, who helped dismantle the old schoolhouse and whose parents used the materials from the school to build their house, & Thomas Cullins, whose grandfather owned the land on which the Cullins School was located.

Deese School
"The Deese School is located nine miles northwest of the city of Ardmore. A graded and gravel road leads from the school to the city. Deese is a country with many small ranches and diary farms. The solid is well adapted to the growing of vegetables and orchards. The Deese School consists of two departments each controlled by one teacher. Although a two teacher school, Deese does work that will rank with larger schools. The present enrollment is 102 which shows a gain of 27 percent over that of last year. W.H. Owens, Principal." -1923
The Deese School closed in the late 1940's.
Acknowledgement: Sue Miller and a special acknowledgement to Deese School graduate Kathryn Donham Davoult

Dundee School
"Dundee School - Township 4 south and 3 south - Range 4 west and 3 west - valuation $2,285,358 Number of Teachers employed: 28 - lowest salary $1,215.00 - highest salary $1,800.00 Enrollment: High School, 70 - Junior High school, 200 and grade school: 530 for a total of 800. Superintendent: H.W. Cooley" -1923
The school closed in 1964.
Acknowledgement: Roger Hughes

Durwood School
Located in Marshall County, but served neighborhood of Durwood. The building has been converted into a private residence.
Acknowledgements: Emaline Roberts, Marcy Nadeau & Don Waters. A special acknowledgement to F.E. Roberts, a former student whose mother taught at the Durwood School.

Eaves City School
No photograh is available.
Mamie Ellis Harris and Prebble Ellis Thompson taught at EavesCity in 1933.
Acknowledgement: Newman Walker

Enterprise School
"Enterprise School District 33, was organized in 1909. Previous to this date, Enterprise School was a one room log building very crudely built. Two years after statehood the present building was erected and a two teacher school established, which has ever since been striving to meet the needs of the community. The second story accommodates the district as a community hall when not in use by the school. This year the faculty added the first year of high school to the curriculum in order to accomodate those who were graduated from the eighth grade in previous years. Herbert A. James is Principal of the school." -1923
Acknowledgement: Sue Miller

Fox School
"Fox Consolidated School District was formed in 1922 and was the third group of districts to co-operate with the movement in Carter County to raise the standard of rural schools by consolidation. The vote to consolidate was almost unanimous. After a bit of dissention over where the school building would be located it was established tha the location of the school would be at the little town of Fox. The Fox Consolidated School is composed of former school districts "Pike City, Snider Chapel, 38, Fox, 52. and Buckhorn, 53. which were continued to be used in part to accommodate students of their immediate areas. One year of high school work is offered. Bryan Duston, Principal" -1923
Fox School operates today as a consolidated school district. The building in the 1923 photograph is still in use, as well as two others added in the 1930's and several auxilary buildings added at later dates. As late as the 1950's, apx. 10-12 teacher's houses lined the north side of the campus.

Equal Rights School
District #14. "The school is located about 8 miles north of Ardmore, just west of the Springer Road. The school maintains eight grades of work under the supervision of Mrs. Myrtle Hooven. There is already an interest manifested toward the working out of a centralized school at Springer and one at Mt. Washington. Equal Rights School district joins both of these districts" -1923
The storm cellar and steps are visible remains:
Acknowledgement: Grover Wells

Glenn School
Unsure of exact location.
"Glen School is a village school located about three miles west of Springer. The school offers eight grades of work under direction of B.A.Mayes, principal.Miss Grace Dyer, intermediate teacher, and Miss Salibeth Freeman, primary teacher. For some time Glenn has been interested in forming a Union Graded district with Springer and it is very likely that this desire will materialize in some kind of centralized school that will afford the children of Glenn District high school advantages." -1923
The teacherage still exists as a private residence.
Acknowledgement: Nellie Thompson Hull, whose mother and siblings attended the Glenn School.

Graham School
"Graham School is located in Northwestern Carter County, thirty miles from Ardmore, twelve miles from Wilson and ten and one-half miles from Healdton. The district has an area thirteen and one-half miles. The taxable wealth is increasing rapidly owing to the development of the Graham Oil Fields. Graham has six teachers as residents. The Principal is Mr. H.P. Killian. The Graham area school census is presently 144. Six grades of school work is offered." -1923
Acknowledgement: Vernon Elmore

Harmon School
Exact location unknown.
"School District # 50 is of the Tatums School district & is maintained as a separate school. Harmon School (Dist # 50] is located in school district 50 and is maintained by Carter County to accommodate the white children who live in the district. School District 50 is the only district in carter county where the Negro race is in majority, and according to school law, it becomes the duty of the county to maintain a school for the race having the fewest number of children in said district. This school is under the direct supervision of the county, it being the duty of the County Superintend to employ the teacher of the same. The number of students is less than twenty." -1923

Healdton High School
"Healdton is a comparative new town but the organized school is newer. In the school year 1919-20 the High School was organized and was fully accredited with the University for 16 units. There were 2 graduates in 1920 - in 1921 there were 4 graduates and that year there was accredited 21 and one-half units. In 1922, 10 graduates received diplomas and that year the unites increased to 29 and one-half. This year in 1923, we have a senior class of twenty-six members and we have a standing of 35 units. In four years the school has grown from 18 teachers to one employing 35 teachers and an enrollment of 202 students." -1923
Photograph of Healdton High School, apparently shortly after construction: http://www.OklahomaHistory.net/ttphotos/healdhighsch.jpg
Photograph of Senior Class of 1930: http://www.OklahomaHistory.net/ttphotos/healdton30.jpg

Healdton Sunset Ward School
1948 Healdton Sunset Elementary School 6th Grade graduation: http://www.OklahomaHistory.net/ttphotos/heald48b.jpg

Hewitt School
In 1923, the Hewitt School operated as the Hewitt Ward in the Wilson school district
Acknowledgement: Mindy Taylor

Homer School
"Homer School - District #49" Homer is located in the extreme northwestern part of the county (Carter County) at the foot of Arbuckle Mountains. It has for surroundings some good farming and grazing lands, and is near some oil activity. ...the house is located on a slight decline. There are two large rooms, well seated and lighted and heated by warm air system. The Homer School is taught by Blaine E. Davis.Principal, and Mrs. Vada Newton, Assistant. Eight grades of school work is offered." -1923
Acknowledgements: Peg Evers, Vernon Elmore & Scott Bumgarner, whose father, Tom Bumgarner attended Homer School.

Hoxbar School
"The Hoxbar School is situated twelve miles SE of Ardmore. The school offered 8 grades with an enrollment of 70. After graduating from the 8th grade, many students attended the Ardmore Schools." -1923
Hoxbar School Sudents,
Partial student identification from back of student

Lone Grove School
"In 1923 the Lone Grove School had a census of 254. The Lone Grove School is one whose standard is constantly being raised with the firm belief that the pupils of the district are entitled to as great educational advantages as those of any other district in the state or nation. During the past three years it has advanced from a non-accredited school to one which is now accredited to the extent of three full years of high school work. This has necessarily raise the standard of teachers employed......." -1923

Mary Niblack School
"Mary Niblack School building. The school is located about 7 miles SE of Ardmore and was named for the first county superintendent of Carter County, Mrs. Mary V. Niblack." -1923

Milo School
"The Milo school is located about three miles west of Woodford. This two teacher school offers eight grades of work supervised by Miss Ozelle Parker assisted by Miss Mabel Dyer. The high school pupils of Milo attend Woodford School." -1923
In the 1950's, the old school building was moved about 35 yards to the west and was used as a part of the Milo Baptist Church until it burned in 2001.
Milo Baptist Church, Aug. 2001:
Acknowledgement: Keith Ward, whose parents attended the Milo School

Mount Washington School
"The Mount Washington School is located three miles due north of the city limits of Ardmore in school district 20. This district is one of the largest and wealthiest Common School Districts in Carter County, with a comprising area of about 20 square miles. This district joins Ardmore School District and has nearly 2 million dollars in valuation. There are 4 refining plants located in the Refinery Addition within the district. The scholastic enumeration of the district is 182. Four teachers are employed at present in the administration of the school and with the organization and with the organization of High School and other courses, contemplated the coming year, additional instructors will be added to the facility. Present staff members are: Charles L Parker, Superintendent, and teachers are, Miss Jennie Heartsill, Miss Molly Cox and Miss Jewell Simmons" -1923
To see a picture of Mount Washington School in 1938, go to:
Mount Washington 1938

Mulkey School
"Before statehood the school in the community was known as "Buttermilk" school. After statehood a one-room cottonwood school house was provided. Later the present two-room school was located near the center of the district. The school provides eight grades."-1923
Acknowledgements: Claire Hamilton & Max Maxwell

Nelda School
Some documents show the spelling as "Nellda."
"Nellda School District # 4 is located in the eastern part of Carter county. The school district employs two teachers and maintains eight grades of work." - 1923
Acknowledgement: Emaline Roberts

New Zion School (aka "Chigger Hill School")
New Zion was also called "Chigger Hill School"and "Mount Zion"
"New Zion School is located west of Berwyn. New Zion is a two teacher school offering eight grades of school work. It is believed that this school will, in the near future, realize the wisdom of petionioning to become a part of some adjoining district in order to give the children a better graded school. as well as an opportunity to attend high school. New Zion has accomplished good work under the direction of Mrs.Eldridge. Principal, and Miss Clara Williams, Assistant." -1923
In 1935-38, the school had one teacher, Mrs. Christine Hammer, who lived in the teacherage next to the school.
Students in the 1935-36 school year: http://www.oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos7a/MtZion1935.jpg
Acknowledgements: Nellie Thompson Hull & Thomas Cullins, and a special acknowledgement to Virginia Gilstrap Farrington, a former student at Mount Zion School.

Norris Chapel School
"People might mistake the little white cottage but the roadside, where children are taught to read, write and cipher, for a dwelling. And those that do so are almost right, for really the present school house was at one time a teacherage. The beautiful white school building which some time ago adorned the center of district 9 was destroyed by fire in 1920. The teacherage has been substituted until a new building can be erected. Norris Chapel is 4 miles northeast of Ardmore in Carter County. The district joins the Ardmore district on the northeast side. The main highway coming from Oklahoma City into Ardmore borders the playground on the east." -1923
This placemark is at the site of the original Norris Chapel School building that burned in 1920. The building pictured in 1923 was likely near the site where the Pruitt School was later built, 1/2 mile west. There was another school named Norris Chapel in the Greasy Bend area of Johnston County, 10 miles east.
Acknowledgements: Butch Bridges & Dorotha Phillips

Parker Hill School
Acknowledgement: Troy Loard

Plainview School
"Plainview, district 27, is located three miles southwest of Ardmore. The school received its name on account of its high elevation which enables a person to see plainly for a radium of several miles around. Plainview has sprung, in two years time, from an unaffiliated rural school employing only three teachers to a three year accredited high school employing five teachers. Plainview school consists of 125 pupils. The 1923 graduating class expects to find seven graduating from the 11th. grade; 12 from the 10th. grade; 4 from the ninth grade and 16 from the eighth grade. The Plainview School is very progressive and is well served by the teachers and supported by the patrons of the community." -1923
Miss Pearl Jones served as the teacher in the original one-room schoolhouse established in 1909. That building burned in 1918, was replaced briefly by a two-story structure, and then by the rock building in the 1923 picture. That building exists today and serves as Clint Buck Elementary.
Acknowledgement: Danny Hull

Pleasant Hill School
"The Pleasant Hill School is situated about five miles southwest of Ardmore on the Stapleton Highway. Its location is accessible to all parts of the district as all streams are bridged and the roads are kept dragged. The school is about 3 miles south of Plainview. A farming community comprises dist. 18. The land is above average in fertility and farmers and stockmen rank among the best in the country. Four or five dairys are in the district. The district lies near the Amerada Oil Field. There are rich deposits of asphalt which is worked and the asphalt is used on the city streets of Ardmore. There was a school house in the neighborhood before statehood . Soon after statehood the present school district was organized. Mrs. Lennie Carpenter is primary teacher and Mr. J.E.Steel is the principal of the school at present." -1923
Acknowledgement: Peg Evers

Poolville School
Some documents show the spelling as "Pooleville."
"Poolville School had its beginning in 1886 with teacher Prof. Kemper, with student body of twenty. The present day history began in 1914 and now in 1923 is under the supervision of W.H. Sosebee. Mrs. B P. Williams and Miss Gladys Dennis. " -1923

Post Oak School
No photograph available.
Just over the line in Love County, but Carter County residents likely attended. A marker at the site commemorates the school.
Acknowledgement: Troy Loard

Prairie Valley School
"The Prairie Valley School is located about five miles northwest of Ardmore in one of the most beautiful sections of Carter County. The gradual rolling prairie gives an excellent view of the country in almost every direction. Prairie Valley was one the first schools to be established in this section of the county. The first building was erected some 25 years ago. It was a one room unpainted structure, serving as a school house, a church and public gathering place for the community. The present building was erected in 1908, only a short distance for the site of the old building. The valley is mostly prairie and the reason the school was called Prairie Valley.... The school offers eight years of training and recently a graduating class of 19 students under the direction of Mr. G.C.Adams." -1923
The building pictured was later replaced by a red brick building. Prairie Valley School consolidated into the Plainview School in the early 1940's. The bricks from the last building were used to construct a private residence in Ardmore.
Acknowledgements: Sue Miller & Butch Bridges

Provence School
Students at the Provence School circa. 1925:
"Provence School Dist. # 8 1923. Provence is seven miles east of Ardmore on the Rock Island and Frisco Railroads. This is the group center for the eastern part of Carter county. Provence offers eight grades of school work under the direction of three teachers. The children in this district being of splendid average weight according to their age." -1923

Reck School
The bell from the Reck School is now across the road in front of the Reck
"Reck School: Just six miles to the southwest of Wilson is the school of Reck, which has been the leading educational institution of district 57 for the past 25 years. With an enrollment of ninety-five pupils and two teachers - M.H. Gilmore, Principal and Stella Gilmore, Assistant. Eight grades of school work is offered." -1923

Pruitt School
No Photograph available.
"It was on the south side of the Pruitt cemetery.All that's left are two brick columns by the road, a big cellar, and the foundation of the outhouse.It burned down around 1929 and was never rebuilt. Apparently it was a brick building and when it burned all the bricks were spread out and covered with dirt because any where you dig there are bricks. And there are seven acres of it. The school buildings were located in the southern part of the property and to the southeast which is the apex of a hill."
-the current landowner
(Also, this is likely the site of the Norris Chapel School as it existed in 1923. The original Norris Chapel building had burned in 1920 and had been just to the east of this location. See the placemark for Norris Chapel School.)

Rexroat School
"Rexroat Consolidated School Located Township 4 South - Range 2 West & 1 West. - Approved March 1922.. School named in honor of U.T. Rexroat. The establishment of the Rexroat School district had its very beginning early in this period at a school by the name of "Iron Top" and was a subscription school taught by Mr. U.T. Rexroat. Through the years other schools were brought into the area which were Pleasant Grove, Keller, Blue Ribbon and possible others not named. Hugh W. Rose, Superintendent." -1923
Rexroat Shool & students, Dec. 10, 1925:
Acknowledgements: Danny Hull, Mindy Taylor & Dwane Stevens

Rock Springs School
"The Rock Springs School was organized during the summer of 1917. The school is located just 4 miles north of the Healdton ballpark. The school has two teachers, both teaching in the one room building. Consolidating with a neighboring school is urgently needed. Teachers are Mr. & Mrs. Arthur A. Willis." -1923

Rocky Point School
"Rocky Point School was organized in 1909. Prior to that time pupils of this locality went to the Cisco School. At the time of organizing school district 16, only one teacher was necessary and the original building contained only one room. Last year bonds were voted and an additional room was added to this school......Rocky Point School offers eight grades of work taught by C.H.Hatfield, Principal, and Miss Ithoma Darling, assistant." -1923
Rocky Point School operated until circa 1945, when it was likely consolidated into the Plainview School.
Acknowledgement: Dave Clapperton and a special acknowledgement to Helen (Turner) Clapperton, a former student at Rocky Point.

Rose Chapel School
"The Rose Chapel School is located southwest of Springer in a very beautiful place near the foot of the Arbuckle Mountains. Near the back of the school grounds is a high bluff with many different kinds of moss and ferns hanging from the damp rocks. On the east side of the school ground is Henry House Creek that is fed by mountain springs. The many oak trees on the playground afford pleasant shade for pupils and complete the setting of one of the prettiest one-teacher schools in the county. The enrollment is about thirty but the attendance is splendid. Eight grades of work is offered. The teacher is Mrs. Effie Terry. -1923
The Rose Chapel School may actually have been near the confluence of Grindstone Creek and Caddo Creek, as Henry House Creek is entirely outside of the boundaries of the Rose Chapel district.

Round Up School
Some documents use "Roundup" as one word in the name.
"Round Up School District 47 Approved in 1909. The school offers 8 grades of school work. The two teachers are Mrs.Edna Smith and Miss Falbie Smith. There is a likelihood of the school being centralized with other schools in the northern part of Carter County. Located 3 south , Range 2 west." -1923
Round Up School consolidated into the Graham School district in 1937. Prior to that time, Guy M. Woods and Merle Hunter were teachers there and Dave Slate was on the school board.
Acknowledgements: J.D. Freeman & Rick Lewellen, and special acknowlegements to Jackie Freeman and Hedrick Lewellen, former students at Roundup.

Shady Grove School
Exact Location Unknown.
"Shady Grove School district 66 is located six miles Southwest of Ardmore. The school is located in a small community and there are few student to attend school. The school is well equipped and some excellent work has been accomplished. Eight grades of school work are offered in this one-teacher school. Dixie Elledge, Principal." -1923

Smyrna School
"Smyrna School Dist 5 - Sec. 17, Township 5 south, Range 3 east, Arthur Pinkard was Principal." -1923
Smyrna School consolidated with Dickson Schools around 1945-46.
Acknowledgement: Butch Bridges

Springdale School
"Springdale School was located two & a half miles east of the fair grounds. Springdale began its existence as a part of the Mary Niblack School District, in 1912. In 1918, Springdale began as a new district 70 and remained a viable school district until recent years when the patrons of the district voted to join the Dickson School district with the understanding that the Springdale School would continue as an elementary school facility. However; recently the Dickson School officials closed the Springdale school and no longer utilize the facility as a part of the Dickson school." -1923
In 1956, Springdale was a two-room schoolhouse. Mr. Martin Luther Emerson was the principal and taught, as did Mrs. Emerson and Mrs. McTeague. Mr. and Mrs. James Miller later presided over the school.
8th grade graduating class of 1956:
Pictured are (L-R) Mr. Martin Luther Emerson, principal, Leroy Willis,James Johnson, Royce Thurmon, and Joyce Parrot.
The site is currently the location of Take Two, an alternative school in the Ardmore school district.
Acknowledgement: Vernon Elmore

Springer School
To see a larger picture and a description of the school in 1923, click on the image.

Staunton School
"Staunton is a two room school about five miles northwest of Healdton and was built about 15 or 16 years ago. This school year we have purchased for one of the rooms, new seats and a teacher's desk and chair and blackboards for each room. On the playground we have two basketball courts for boys and girls. A comfortable home is provided for the teachers on the school site. A community Sunday School is held in the school each Sunday. The primary section consists of the first four grades, all of which are doing splendid work, and the interest they are taking my be noticed by their perfect attendance. The fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades compose the intermediate section. There are nineteen pupils enrolled and 990 percent are present ever day. C.A.Sullivan is Principal and Lois Moody is assistant. The school census is 64." -1923
Acknowledgement: Newman Walker

Strawn School
Near Dillard and a part of the Wilson School District, the principal in 1923 was Mrs. L.C. Daniels.

Thurston Grove School
Thurston Grove School (Dist.#22) is located northwest of Newport. This is a one teacher school offering eight grades of work under the efficient management of Mrs. M.C.Rogers. The school is planning to install on the school house a large bell that can be heard all over the district." -1923

Tussy School
"District 63 is in the most extreme NW part of Carter county. The district is made up of this part of Carter County, also portions of Garvin & Stephens Counties. There are two schools in district 63. One is at Tussy which is under the supervision of J.H.Acree and one about three miles east of Tussy, called Woodland, of which Ernest Tate is the Principal. The schools offer 8 grades of school work." -1923
Acknowledgement: Doug Williams

Wheeler School
Wheeler School Students
Acknowledgement: Danny Hull

Wilson High School
"All that is left now is the old wood shop building and the Gym which also has a stage and kitchen/cafeteria area. This building, in 2006, was considered a community gathering place and was rented out for reunions. It is now owned by the Wilson School System and is, eventually, to be turned into an auditorium. The grounds are still known to most of the locals as 'The Old Gym.' Picnic tables along with a pavillion have been added to the park."
Acknowledgement: Mindy Taylor

Wilson South Ward School
No Photograph is available.
The old gymnasium is still at the site. It and an added building are currently used by a commercial interest.
Acknowledgement: Mindy Taylor

Woodford School
"Woodford School was laid out and organized March 1909 - Township 3 south, Township 2 south - Range 1 west - range 1 east census 235. After bonds were voted and enlargement and repairs were made the school term for 1921-1922 was begun September 19 with a high school organized. Five teachers were required to do the work. Woodford has seen its high school grow from an initial enrollment of 14 to an enrollment of 39 in 1922-1923. The school has grown from the grades in 1921 to a high school offering 13 units of accredited work in 1922. R.R.Covey, Principal." -1923
A new schoolhouse was constructed in 1937-38 by the WPA and was located in the SW corner of the intersection of Hwy 53 & Woodford Rd. When that building burned, another was built at the same site.
1st & 2nd grade students of Woodford School in 1944: http://www.OklahomaHistory.net/ttphotos/wood1944.jpg
To see most of the names of the students in the photograph, go to: http://www.oklahomahistory.net/newsletters/ttnewswa.html and use the instructions to FIND "Woodford School".
Acknowledgements: Keith Ward, whose mother graduated from Woodford School, Butch Bridges & Grover Wells.

Woodland School
"District 63 is in the most extreme NW part of Carter county. The district is made up of this part of Carter County, also portions of Garvin & Stephens Counties. There are two schools in district 63. One is at Tussy which is under the supervision of J.H.Acree and one about three miles east of Tussy, called Woodland, of which Ernest Tate is the Principal. The schools offer 8 grades of school work." -1923

Young School
"Before statehood there were two schools in the territory now comprised of District 1. These schools were known as Young and Lane College and both schools were maintained after statehood until 1921 at that time the material from the two schools was used to build the existing Young school building which we have in 1923."
Students of the Young School, 1930-31:
Names from back of 1930-31 photograph:
Students and adults at Young School, 1935:
http://www.OklahomaHistory.net/ttphotos/youngsch.jpg
To see the names on the back of this picture go to: http://www.oklahomahistory.net/newsletters/ttnewsvb.html
Then use the instructions to FIND "Young School".
Acknowledgement: Jerry Williams

Zaneis School
"Zaneis Consolidated School - approved in 1921 - located west of the towns of Wilson & south of Healdton.The school was named in honor of Mrs. Kate Zaneis, county Superintendent. One of the youngest schools in the county yet it is strictly a rural school with all the offerings and advantages of any city school in the state. The abandoned Schools in Zaneis Consolidated District are: "Ingram Lane", "Oak Grove" & "Joiner" " -1923
Teachers in front of the teacher's dormitory of the Zaneis School: http://www.oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos4a/ZaneisDorm1.jpg
Zaneis School Teachrage shortly before being razed in 2004: http://www.oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos4a/ZaneisDorm2b.jpg
Acknowledgements: Butch Bridges and J.B. Means (dormitory photographs)

Zita School
"ZITA School - District # 68 Township 2 south - Range 3 west. The school is located in the northwest part of Carter County and maintains two teachers offering 8 grades of work. . A.F. McFarland is Principal with Autis McCullum as Assistant." -1923 District boundaries were approved in 1917.
Zita School closed about 1927 and was consolidated into the Fox School District.
Acknowledgements: Vernon Elmore and a special acknowledgement to Floye Elmore, a former student at Zita School.