School Days

Let's go back to Greer County, Oklahoma and take a brief look at the school for the Hughes children shortly after they arrived to the area. I apologize the images are not clearer, but are copies of copies and maybe copies of copies. If you look at the school district map, you can see the outline of District #19, the Wheatland District. W. D. and Lena Belle Hughes lived in the NE4 of Section 4 and John L. and Sarah K. lived in the NE4 of Section 33. I don't know where the school was for this district, since Section 16 was generally set aside for public education. As you can see, there is no section 16 in this district, but we can be fairly sure the school was central to the district.

In Sarah's interview in the Indian Pioneer Papers she makes one short comment about the school which is very interesting. "The children walked four miles to school and it was taught in a dugout the same as we all lived in."

Ora Holt was the school teacher for the 1901-1902 school year and end of year report is interesting, indeed. There were 60 students, 30 males and 30 females. The average daily attendance was 33. The number of days taught was 100 and Miss (Mrs.) Holt earned $40 per month.

Notice students #23 and 24, two daughters of John and Sarah - Alga and Nina. Check out their attendance record!

In the same year, William D. Hughes, an older brother of Alga and Nina was one of the three school trustees.