Black School - District No. 25 - Meade Center Township

Black school was organized May 8, 1886, on land belonging to Moses Black, which was the SW/4 of the SE/4 of Sec. 35-T32-R28.

In 1916, District #25 was consolidated with District #35 to form District #69. The buildings were sold at pubic auction in August of that year. To further confuse things, this building was moved to District #68, just a mile east of the Black School location.

This school, which organized in 1886, would have expanded quickly in about 1909 and later when the Mennonite community started to grow in the area southeast of Meade. This population growth made for a lot of changes in the rural schools.

The August 10, 1916, issue of the Meade Globe: School House For Sale
School house Dist. 25, 6 miles south 1/2 mile east of Meade with contents and outbuildings will be sold at Auction August 21, 1916, to the highest bidder. A.K. Froes, District Clerk, Meade, Kansas.
(we know the main building went to Dist. 68, perhaps this sale was just for the rest.)

The September 21, 1916, issue of the Meade Globe: New School Houses
Dist. 68: 30x34; dist. 42: 28x32; dist. 31: 28x40; dist. 69: 28x34.

Teachers of Crooked Creek School

Surnames of pupils at Black school:

Black, Campbell, Dick, Friesen, Garden, Harms, Loewen, Louer, McPheter, McQueen, Reiman, Tatkenhorst, Thiessen, and Tuxhorn.