S C H O O L S .. Past & Present  Cheyenne County, Colorado
HOME School Photos Site Map		The Homestead Act caused a rapid population growth in Cheyenne County between 1890 and 1920. Many small communites were established in the county. One and two room country school houses dotted the landscape. Sometimes a school house was moved to a new location to accomodate changing demographics. The schools usually included grades 1 to 8. Many were named for the owner of the land they stood on. Eventually, the small schools were consolidated into larger schools. The following list of schools was taken primarily from the Cheyenne County History, 1979.   CHEYENNE COUNTY SCHOOLS: ADOBE SCHOOL - near Arena or First View. opened before 1911 closed 1938 ARAPAHOE - present day. ARDREY (also called O'BRIEN) - southwest of Cheyenne Wells, closed about 1946. ARENA - school opened about 1906 closed about 1938. AROYA - 1.5 miles E of Lincoln county line; school opened before 1909, closed after 1957 ASCALON - about 1910 BABER - north of Araphaho B.B. SCHOOL - known to be in existence in 1910 BAUER (also called BOWERS) - one mile south of S6T13R43 BELLAIR - 6 miles west of Cheyenne Wells BIG TIMER - in existence in 1911 BLACKWELDER - BOWERS - (see above, BAUER) BROWN - 8 miles south of Wild Horse, opened by 1913, closed in 1930's, District 8 BUTTON - located in the NW part of county, District 9 CARRIGAN - CENTRAL (also called LANGE) - in existence in 1935 CHEYENNE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT - Cheyenne Wells schools CHEYENNE COUNTY SCHOOL - See the Archives: class rosters CLOSSEN - in existence in 1912 COLUMBINE - 1910, 3.5 miles south of Kit Carson DAY - in existence in 1910, near Arena DUDDY - north of Sorrento DURBY - T12R46 ECHO RIDGE - 7 mi N of First View, opened before 1918, closed in 1929 FAIRVIEW - opened in 1910 - new, northeast of Cheyenne Wells FETTIS - located in the old school district 6 FIRST VIEW - opened before 1911, consolidated with Cheyenne Wells schools in 1963 FULLER - southwest of First View GEORGE (also called ROESNER) - in existence in 1923, south of Aroya, in old district 9. GOLDEN VALLEY - before 1911 GRAND VIEW (PFOST) - opened in 1910, 4 miles south of Horse Mound GREEN (also called OLD WELLS) - 8 miles north of Cheyenne Wells GREEN VALLEY - in existence in 1911 GUMMERSON - in existence in 1909 HANSEN - S. of Kit Carson - near Arena HATCHER - 4 miles north of Cheyenne Wells HIMMELWRIGHT - before 1909. southeast of Cheyenne Wells near Horse Mound HOGAN 1910 - schools of Kit Carson and Arena HOLLENBAUGH - before 1905 HORSE CREEK - north of Wild Horse HORSE MOUND - about 1905. SE of Cheyenne Wells in old District 7.(S1T16R43) HUFFMAN - before 1910. In the Horse Mound area. IOWA RIDGE - before 1912 IOWA VALLEY - before 1913 JACOBS JOHNSON (also called PLEASANT VIEW) - 3 miles north of Cheyenne Wells. opened about 1890. KANNENBERG - north of Wild Horse KIBBEE - south of Smoky Creek. KINGSLEY KIT CARSON SCHOOL DISTRICT - Kit Carson town; link to school site, Also See ALUMNI KUSEL (also called WHITROCK) - before 1909 LAKESIDE LANGE (see CENTRAL) LEACH - about 8 miles north of Cheyenne Wells LEWIS - 5 miles northwest of Cheyenne Wells, in existence in 1935 LIBERTY RIDGE - in the Medilll area; in existence in 1910 LOST SPRINGS - north of Wild Horse LUNNEN - about 14 miles north of Wild Horse MAYFIELD - northwest of Arapahoe (T13 R43) MCGLASSON - in existence in 1910, in Arena area MEDILL - 12 miles south of First View MILLER - MOUNTAIN VIEW - MOUNT PEARL - 12 miles north of Kit Carson MOUNT PLEASANT - MURPHY (also called WAGNER) NORTH VIEW - in existence in 1910 O'BRIEN (see ARDREY) OHRMUNDT - OLD WELLS - (see GREEN) OSWALD (also called SCHRAMMEL) - OWENS - PARKER - PETERSON - PFOST (see GRAND VIEW) PIPER - PLEASANT HILL - PLEASANT VALLEY - PLEASANT VIEW (see JOHNSON) PLESSINGER - PRAIRIE DELL - RIVER VALLEY - RIVER VIEW - ROCK CREEK - ROESNER (see GEORGE) RULON - SACRED HEART - SANDERS - SCHRAMMEL (see OSWALD) SHAFFNER - SHY - SMOKY ANGLE (see PIPER) SNYDER, SAM (also called THRASHER) SORRENTO - 1908-1910, School, 6 miles West of Kit Carson SOUTH SMOKY - SOUTH STAR - STALLSMITH (also Pleasant Valley) - STAR VIEW - STRANAHAN - SUNNY RIDGE - SUNNYSIDE - SUNNY SLOPE SUNRISE SUNSHINE THRASHER (also SAM SNYDER) WAGNER (see MURPHY) WALTMAN WATERVILLE WHITROCK WILD HORSE - school district formed in 1907; closed in 1964. School house built in 1912 is now listed as a historic site. State Register 12/11/96, 5CH122 YODER -   More school information See COGenWeb Archives for school rosters, graduations, etc in Cheyenne County schools What is in the archives: 1910 EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATION PROGRAM 1912 YEARBOOK - THE LARIAT 1913 YEARBOOK - THE LARIAT 1921 EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATION PROGRAM Do you have school related information to contribute? IF ANYONE IS WILLING AND ABLE TO TRANSCRIBE SCHOOL RECORDS FOR ANY SCHOOL IN CHEYENNE COUNTY, IT WILL BE A WELCOME ADDITION TO THESE PAGES. IF YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER SCHOOL, PAST OR PRESENT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO IT CAN BE INCLUDED ON THIS PAGE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE A HISTORY OF ANY CHEYENNE COUNTY SCHOOL, THAT ALSO WOULD BE WELCOME.
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