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Show - Fine Schools Established Establi hed byPioneers by byPioneers byPioneers Pioneers WhoSettled Who WhoSettled Settled Ashley Valley By SUPT 5UPT L 0 NOBLE NOBLEA A email small boy takes hia his father by bythe b bth9 th9 4be the hftnd hand ana and urges urgt'8 urgt8 ' Dad to Come Comevtth Comewith Cornwith ' vtth with him tor for a minute Tho The father fa- fa fatber father - ' , tber ther curious as t to * what the bo boy boyhad boylad : had lad In mind submitted aubm1t.ted aubm1tted . to th the respies re requeBt request queBt quest ! When the father lather had been beentaken beentaken b reI eitaken I taken to the th * front of an old ld build- build bufld- bufld bufldIng buildIng buildJnc - Ing tho the th child chUd with pride exclaim excla1m- excla1m exclaim- exclaimed excla1m1 excla1mdo exclaimd - 1 do ed d . See Se dady this thl.s thls . Is raj my school aehool aehool"J'hiIJ schoolThts schoolThis This "J'hiIJ JhiIJ Thts " ' incident Is fa lllustrativ illustrative otba ot of otI otthe ofthe I the valir value that . tha the boy attachi attached attachedto attachedto to bis hb his chool school his hiIJ hta teacher and hh hla his hlatx hisbiota tx > ota biota ooks . . Bearing Dear1n1r In mind that , tle tleccbooJ tI th } e eschool < ccbooJ school chowl ts Is a . potent factor ractor of Infill- Infill influ- influ in influtenee InfillDO u-1 u 1 u1mce - - mce tenee DO In thi the life of children chtldren It la latntpreatlna li lixftT tntpreatlna xftT lfJreatInIr tlof to note the volutlonaii evolutionary evolutionarydiauges volutlonaii3uuiC 181 3uuiC diauges that tbat bAve have baT come to th the edtbnal ed ed- ed ed.t1onal - . .t1onal t1onal . , tbnal ttonal Institutions Instltutions of ot Ulntal Ulntah Ulntaliinty Ulntah.anmtJ Utntahl .anmtJ anmtJ . iinty i i.bat . fint .bat bat . AsUey Aahle1 Aable7 Talley Valley 8ehool School SchoolAccording ch 1 1Accocdinc Accocdinc .AccOlld1ntr AccOlld1ntr According . to authorltaUv authoritative In- In Information Intormation In Information - formation tormation the th first chool IIchool school hOt.l hOtl house houseto hOt.lto homCo . to be constructed conatructed In Ajihley Ashley Vaney Valley VaneyWas ValleyWas Vall VallWaa hOt.ll l Waa Was a on one * room log ; cabin cabtp cab . placeon placed placedon on ( ) n the property of T Tean an < &tjun tjun & ym pm Tay-lor Tay lor Tay- Tay TayJor Taylor - - Jor lor near the present preaeJ1t town of Ashley Ash- Ash Ashley Ashley - ley ThJs This Thl chool .school school . wax waa was erected and andDPfned andopened an anopen < DPfned opened open d In the year W 1878 T 79 Two Twowomen Twovomen Twwonrn women vomen attempted to t teach ach thiB this thiBachool thisschool thi chool achool school but du due to some larf large * amunruly and andunruly I Iunruly unruly boy boys their ftorts efforts rwulte.to rwulteto resulted resultedfn resultedto . fn to failure In January 1 1879 7 PeteOniman Peter PeterDnlman PeterDillman Dnlman Dillman wax wu was employ employed as 88 teacher teacherand teacherand teacheand and carried canied the th * remainder of the theJe&r theyear thyear Je&r Jer year & thru to a aU successful Cesaful : floishIn finishIn finish floish finishIn In 1U1 1881 a lof log cabin located where wherethe wherethe wherthe the Basin Baaln Orrvrolet Chevrolet company now nowetan nowstands noi etan stands lands a servid served the locality for i a aSChool aschool chool SChool houseThe houseThe house houseTh The Th next n xt cnool IICnool senool ! constructed was wasat wasat waat at tha the Uill Mill ward or Dr Uaeser Maeser wa.rd ward wa.rdAI warisu . AI 80 It is 1s now known own The Th na name nam e re- re r - _ ' _ from -r r Ule prasence presence 01 i-only i only - , - - _ - - - - DIy only ( ) flour mill mJl1 in Uu the valley betot be- be betnt beIln - " - tnt Iln > t located there This Thb school wa waltuated W was wassituated & $ ltuated .stuated stuated situated . Just Juat north of where rrani6mith Frank FrankSmith FrankSmith Smith II a home now stands Viola ViolaPierce ViolaPierce Viol ; yterce Pierce was Ite Ita its f1ret first flr t teacher and It Itwu itwas 1was wu was used tor for one year ' This 11118 Thin was wasIn wasIn waIn * In the tbe year of 1880-01 1880 01 188001wMud 1 - 0-01 0 01 001Maa - 'Mu4 Mu4 wMud ' Maa Tw Tempelt Temple fW ( " Kncted Enctecl Erected KnctedTh ErectedThe Th The n next xt year through cooperatlve cooperatlve coopera- coopera cooperaCJve - CJve tlve efforts a one-roomed one roomed - school schoolmade schoolmade schoollad , made * of lodf lodge pole was erected It Itbad Itbad Ihad bad three thre small windows and a aAUrt adirt i iUrt AUrt dirt , Urt roof The bulldlne buUding building waa WM was known knownas knowras as . th the * Mud Temp e a by th the boys boysend boysand boyiand ' end and cirls girls who attended a.tended atended a . tended it It WBJlocated was waslocated waslocated * located where Jim FUhers FIsher 8 a home homenow hominow : now stands In 1M5 1885 the bulldlni bundlng building bulldlniwas bundlngI buildingwas \ ' I -was was .s s . - - destroyed by fire tire and the next nextyear nixiyear ' I Iyear year : school waa wall was held In a small smallchurch smalchurch ' I ' church located Just Jwt west of John JohnI JohnL JohlL ' 1 . L . McConklcs MeOonkle McOonlcte 8 a residence In IWa 1886 1880 1886a 1880B ' a B two-rocmed two rocmed two-rocnted rocnted - brick bulldlne buUdlng building toolth took tookthe tookthe the plicw p1ae place ( : of the Mud TempleJStaerer TempleMarcer Temple I Maner JStaerer ; School K h l Constructcd Conetructgd ConetructgdIn C n tr ct : < < i iIn In 1910 uno 1810 because of lnerelUiing increasing increasing.population lncr asln.population aslnpopulation | ; I I.pJpuJatlon .pJpuJatlon pJpuJatlon .population population . . the th District was bond bond- bonded bonded bonded - ed for $22,000 22000 $22.000 22.000 $ . $ , from which funds fundsthe fundsthe fundithe the pi-went pi went present pre - nt Maeser School wa was * con con&tructed conatructed tructed &tructed atructed & tructedIn &tructedIn atructedIn In Vernal which was known a.School aSchool as asSchool asSchool . School District No 3 2 the first coun county county county ty school house hOWie of t\1.0 t1.0 t 1.0 10 two t \ . o rooms was waserected waserected wa ; erected This was In the year of o ; ' 1 18811 1885 3 By 1890 11 0 the building bu dlng had be- be - become become b bcome -come come - - come too small .small . to care for tor th thchildren the thechUdran thechildren < ' children chUdran This made necessary th thAddition the theaddition theaddition < ' Addition of another anether room on th thback the theback theback < back lings llnga ings when completed were the pride prideo1 lof o1 the food good people of ot Ulntah Uintah county coonty coun coon prideI I ty and pictures plcture.s plctures . of the same wer were werecarried werecarried carried on chool school and county sta statinery sta- sta eta- eta statinery etatlnery - , tinery tlnery All thi the schools schoola so .so . far tar con conI const.ructed construtted I tructed st.ructed structed strutted . wen were for the elementar elementarrrades elementary elementarygrades elementarygrades rrades grades elementaryI I rradesDr gradesDr Dr IIoUJnger lIuWncer IluWnrer stan Starts tart . * J . .Jensen Jensen n n School SchoolDr SchoolDr chtOr . Dr Harvey lIarvey Ilarvey Cae Coe Co Hulllnger Hullinger tells tens tensIn tellsin tel ] , In his Journal of Jensens Jensen Jensen s fin first firsti firstt firstk > . i t k , y24'w y24w y24'wr ' r , w ' h f fn ffi n ' fi fiw w r rtr tr tra k - a : J I DR HARVEY IIARVEY itARYEY COK COE IIULLINOERschool IIULLINOER IIULLINGER school house the fourth tourth locality u In Inthe Inthe i the county to hav have a chool school He Hemoved Hemoved moved to Ashley Aahley Valley In the fall fallot fallof 1 of ot IU3 1883 There Ther There were twenty fivi five five"hlldren l "hlldren hlldren htldren " of chool school are age In the vi- vi vl- vl vicinIty vlcinity vi vicinity - - . cinity and the nearest chool IIChool school ! wsjfifteen was wasfifteen I Itift'el'n tift'el'n tifteln fifteen ' ' mlle miles away Dr Hulllnger Hullinger Hullingere Hullingerehomestead ihomestead 8 8homestead homestead was located near tht the theplace ' place where the highway U 8 S 4C 40 40cro1e6 40crosses cro1e6 crosses cross & . " Ashley creek In order to tohave tohave have a school for hia his own children1 childrento children to attend Dr Hulllnier Hullinger ltullinger built andcompletely and andcompletely completely equipped a school house hOUBe hOUBeon houseon , on hta his own land At tht this lime time theTerritory the theTerritory theTerritory Territory of tTtah Utah could not pro provIde provlde vide vlde funds to assist assl8t with a school1urlng schoolluring school luring 1urlng Its tirst first flr t term so Dr HulUnger Hul Hut Hutlinger llncer Unger linger personally hired Miss M1ss Al1ceOrser AliceOrser Alice Al1ce Oraer Orser the mother of 01 Mrs DriverE Driver E Smith SmJth to teach the chool school and andpaId andpaid paid her $2 2 $ 50 1 > 0 a week Decides besides oth 0th other other 0ther er produce paid by patrons Nine Nineterms Nineterms Nineterms terms of Cot school were held In fchia thl.s thls this thl.slog thislog . ' lot log cabin with the Terri Territory tory of ofUtah ofUtah o ( Utah providing funds lunds to help with witheight witheight elfht eight or of them Nine years after afterthe afterthe afterthe the school was erected tree free of allharge allbarge all allharge harge to the public by Dr Hul Hui Huilinger HulUnger lln Unger linger er the district was divided and andtwo andtwo andtwo two new " school "chao chao I hous houses s sere \ were \\ere ere built builtone builtone one of . them t.hem two anrt and one half milesnorth milesnorth mlle.a mllea miles . north and one of them two milessouth milessouth miles milessouth south of the ( he Hulllnger Hullinger school TheD0tor TheDoctor The Dcctor D0tor Doctor : said this thl'i thli ' about It The Thf ' of oftlclals officlals ficlala tlclals ficlals of ot the district took the fur fur11lture furilture 11lture | ilture and other othl'r othlr ' equipment and andwhacked andwhacked I Iwh3.c wh3.c wh3c whacked . ed It up between them with : : Ji ' U ' . 4 S , . ? + r II + ctl + y5 y5ctl r rOLD OLD UNION "i i " ( S ( UOOL 1100L DOUSE HOUSE HOUSEV HOUSEty V I ty . x qtr x wx w , . 'j j 'j'A ' 'A A 'AUN1 ' . t * UNIO'll UNIOll UN1 ( ) ' IA"IIU IAIIU ( . % " III . } 1 \ . (11001 11001 ( 11001 BllLT itt ELT 20 20.Il 1 " t . \.Il .Il Lit \ . " , A A.O AO ( . ( ) M-hlnffn M hlnffn \\as.hlngton as.hlngton aahtngton Y \ \ . - and andIn ( Odrtirh Mekirt Od < lrlL Schools 'hool hool 'shook shook 'shookIn ' Schoolsli " - < ' In 1893 1 3 due to toIns li II it adp-q adp q adrq * drq - late latf rate ' I 1 I . is istog rsr , tn tog C"P\c.e CPc.e C"P CP c.e ce " rp pace ' \ c . a one onw ? r ' " < ' r \ 1 t i l lev Icg cabinwas cabin rBliln1 was \ as ( U ronstructe-d ronstructe d constructed constructedpart - I l l t r i orl.1 orl1 ort oral ! . sect sectpart \ westi ( > ,1 1 ,1p3.rt , p3.rt p3rt part . of the dLt dLctr distrB.I distrBI , r t \ 1 I \ v c . . i.s is u ' - . ' > kn wn wnH wnft1 wna a ft1 . . ' the Washli Wa.shlr Washlr Washit . y Myears Jt . , t H a > ( TH T1s 1 1e , years later lateri -i i l e < - e r \ ' r rxo x ) ( i 1 ' 1 xi ' < xischool " < 11 chool 'hool hool school 5 < ' x a \ as a i t rc rw rt " < < tcast t j 1 tl t I t co " > oith oithI 0 It h heast 'ut ut east { ' E > fcectlon 'tlon tlon e'tlon section e- e - < ' o 0 I 1 I l in ine t a.nd and aid aidwas &nd1 nd1 & . was \ as named the t ( I t . kirk .Irk Irk schoolCent schoolCentral ochool school ochool.trwtwiltort Cent Central Mhool School Sck 1 t < ( .tt"UCtri .ttUCtri ttUCtri 'trusted trusted 'trustedContinued . ' . .tt"UCtriContinut'd " * .trwtwiltort trwtwiltort Continued Continut'd Continutd ' InwAshley Inur 1 lion rtton Into intp tht the theAshley thethese ' Ashley Valley Vaney mtoo m these schools schoolstoo schoolstoo choolsit too small &mall mall email & to accoThe acco aece rte \ tf > < ? the n needs needsThe needsThe < edaled The District Distrlct thel thet thci000 it'd itd led ' for $12 12 $12ew 12ew $ 000 and labor 0 o oSchool ew oentral Central oentralSchool CentralSchool OentralThIA School waa wa.s was . conur coma- coma comaThin cornjred - Th Thin ma.rk- ma.rk mark- mark ma.rked marked . aark-he aark he - ed the bes1nnlr bchool eflnnirONltral he patent patentcbook t tcentnl centnl Qpstral SchoolOintah School cbookandhaw scbo & \ . c cUintah cbook andhaw I tnnt&b tnntb Uintah & cruntypleted county bOWIe house ww\l ww l W'eN WeN were ' werecompleted smpJeted completed . 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Tl T TI ! e f " rp re f ( ' ord-s ord s onl orris onlI - " \I I Li \ > i d c1 r f ftB tP t I : E < P < ATri d.n1 dn1 ard . I f t Fxl FAi Ed < ( ' it 'tt tt it n > \ IT U ntah ntahStake ntahiSLtkt ' SUit\ SUit Stake SUitA ! \ M A ( < dc df de " i\ i n if \ f"epic f " Scpic "epic epic ptf ' IH t f cr er ntahl ] 1\ 1 11888 I1'll I1ll s ' \ ' : ' , ( 1888 lase 8 If rfr1 r ( ( < ( trl ria n a If'ttt Ifttt letttr letter ' r w " "a a skis . B.S BS . < ; received r ( ' { < < f'lvffi flvffi ' rlve < lfroi , ; fror trot i 1 t Prcs PTf- PTf lies PTfI " ' - 1 I t I Wllford Wilford W R \ xxirutfof (1rurf 1rurf xxiruff xxirufflot ) { ( lot thl the ( hp ' U 1.1 11 iJ . S . , , ( { h birch irch lrch unrcptln.ir unrcptlnir sijggeettng t\.ng t.ng t .ng ng \ . . thecoTin the thecomp ' 10f coonn comp tilt'licoonn enoen t'110en t110en encen ' enl ent of a church schoolIn c.choo cchoo school schoolin ; . tilt'li tiltli ] in this tpl.s tpls . sluke staXt stake ' This T1iLs Th Is was W"Q.S WQ.S WQS " . done doot " and andland < + land "as as sas " a & I\lJ I lJ purchased ) \ ' ( ha.si'd ha.sid hasid . ' f ! oni om one J R RWorkman RWorkman Iland WorkmAn lor for $225 225 n5 $ : $ 1nBy In 1n to \ , { May \By By Maay 1891app1i 1891 1891j 1891appJJC'8t.1on 1 1 1ppUcaUon j app1i ppUcaUon appJJC'8t.1on appJJC8t.1on appJJC8t1on ' ( U0f . waa was xas nade made to Dr Karl KarlJ Karla Karl0 J ,0 0 a Maeeer Masser Ma cT for fOl ' a principal prindpal and InOctober In InI In10000ber InOctober I , servlc servicea services of Petenon Pe Petern 10000ber October the is Henry I < Iltenon ltenon tern wre were seeured curd * lor far Ice $100 100 Sl00 $ perinantA per pet 1ttIm ttIm mutt : t.h th . . . A sohool .c.hoa1 c.hoa1 choa1 school . . aa.endal aaendal cm.endar cmendar . oa . end&r endr & covering oover1ni oovertng I , I I I - , \ 27 2'l 2l ' weeks was adopted by the HIgh Hight HIghCouncil HightCouncil Hl t tCouncil ' Council and the school was ww ! opened openedon openedon HIghI I on November 2 1 1891 > 1 In 10 the J R RWorkman RWorkman Workman bulldlne buJJdlng building east of ot his resi rest residencw restdence restdente dencw dence dente There was WIUI an enrollment ot of ' ' H 14 pupils . . . On October 3 1 1892 3 thi thLs this thLsschool thisschool ; ' school o opened ned for Its second 8es sea |
