| Show Evidently a school term end activities were in progress at the Patty Sessions Academy in Some pioneers seen in the C Jt m JL picture are Miss Viola I Sarah Ann Sarah C. Isabella and a few By HEBER J. SESSIONS There is very little mat ion available that describes the educational facilities and activities of the early pioneer days in There are a tew personal diaries that have a few paragraphs with confusing dales to show little more than family and neighbor APPARENTLY the first Joseph Holbrook diary records he received to build a log house during the summer of 1854 near what is North and 2nd West in where his served for about a year as In my Sessions' diary it reports a log house was built for my Sarah Ann It was first used as a school room and Mary Ellen Kimbell was She was living at our home when I was born July It would be definite this school was for the older children as the Patty Sessions Academy was built in 1884 according to available to care for the younger NO RECORD is available of other such but no doubt other families had similar plans for their Some general public efforts were made and by this time a few other buildings were built for the general and very little recorded as to of buildings and Patty mother of and David Sessions determined n need for proper education for her various family needs fur thus In 1884 she built the Patty Sessions It was located in the southwest corner of block bounded by 2nd South and 2nd West in Now occupied by a lumber TO FINANCE the building and operational expenses she purchased stock in the Zions Cooperative and applied the interest and dividends to cover these Her diary shows Phoebe Foss wife of as the first teacher and Lamoni Call succeeding her followed by Viola Of interest she rode a horse daily from her home in north a distance or 32 miles to and from the school for several years or until the school was closed when public schools were made There were no charges for attendance and many families children came without Miss Chase was paid per month for her I personally attended this school for the first three years of my school HER LOVE for the children has always been a family |
