A conversation about rural one-room schoolhouses will be held Sunday, June 2 at 1 p.m. at Forest Park Museum in Perry. Bill Sherman, a noted expert on rural schools in Iowa and the author of “Iowa’s Country Schools: Landmarks of Learning,” will be joined by local historians Sue Leslie, Myrna Griffith and Deanette Snyder, who have been researching the township schools in Dallas County.
The public is invited to join the conversation with memories and pictures. A tour of Alton Schoolhouse on the museum grounds will also be available.
In an ongoing effort to preserve the history of our township schools, Leslie, Griffith and Snyder seek details on the names and locations of the township schools in Dallas County, which once numbered nearly 150.
If you have any information about these schools, such as their location or stories of students who attended them, contact Griffith at wpldirector@minburncomm.net, Snyder at deanettesnyder@gmail.com or Leslie at densueles@aol.com.
