. (Transcribed from the book "History of Education In Sawyer County, Wisconsin, 1902,"
pages 48 & 49)

Photo of Bishop Bridge School

Bishop School was named after James Bishop - the earliest settler in this neighborhood - who came from Minneapolis during the spring of 1872.  He had lived in Maine previous to moving to Minneapolis.  The newspapers frequently refer to it as the Ackley school - W. S. Ackley being clerk of the sub-district for two years about that time as well as being one of the earliest settlers of the neighborhood.

The school house was erected on lot 5 Section 11-39-6 for the benefit of the families of W. S. Ackley who lived on the S. E. 1/4 Section 23, Thomas Manwaring who lived on the N. E. corner Section 3, and James Bishop who lived on the N. E. 1/4 Section 23 of the same township.  It was built about February, 1885, under the general direction of Theodore Bunker who was then president of the school board - C. C. Brown doing most of the carpenter work.  Later the school house was moved on the S. E. 1/4 Section 14 and in 1898 it was moved to its present location near the Bishop bridge - lot 6 Section 23-39-6.

The first school was held in the residence of James Bishop for three months during the winter of 1882 and was taught by Mary A. Wall of Chippewa Falls.  This was while the territory was under the jurisdiction of Chippewa county.  After the organization of the town of Hayward, Ada M. Gillette taught several terms in the Ackley residence.

Terms of school have been held as follows:

Ada M. Gillette - 4 months - fall of 1883 and winter of 1884
Ada M. Gillette - 4 months - fall of 1884 and winter of 1885
Ada M. Gillette - 3 months - spring of 1885 and fall of 1885
Ada M. Gillette - 9 months - winter of 1886 and spring of 1886
Alex McPhee - nearly 4 months - fall of 1886 and winter of 1887
Alice Shattuck - 1 3/4 months - fall of 1887
Mrs. B. F. Lovelace - 2 1/2 months - spring of 1888
Bridget Quinlin - about 2 weeks - fall of 1890
Ella M. Carey - October 15, 1890 to February 6, 1891
Ella M. Carey - May 4 1891 to July 24, 1891
Mary McGill - November 2, 1891 to January 22, 1892
Mary McGill - March 28, 1892 to June 17, 1892
Mary McGill - October 3, 1892 to December 23, 1892
Louise H. Cayo - May 29, 1893 to August 18, 1893
Stella M. Miner - November 20, 1893 to February 15, 1894
Jennie McLaughlin - May 29, 1894 to August 17, 1894
May Brown - November 5, 1894 to January 25, 1895
Rose Gillette - April 15, 1895 to July 5, 1895
Rose Gillette - September 5, 1895 to November 22, 1895
Anna Lavelle - April 20, 1896 to July 10, 1896
Anna Lavelle - September 21, 1896 to December 11, 1896
May L. Hill - April 13, 1897 to July 5, 1897
May L. Hill - September 20, 1897 to December 10, 1897
May L. Hill - January 10, 1898 to April 1, 1898
Hilda Beck - September 5, 1898 to December 2, 1898
Hilda Beck - January 30, 1899 to June 21, 1899
Agnes Russell - September 11, 1899 to October 6, 1899
Helen Yvonne Rounsavell - October 16, 1899 to December 7, 1899
Louisa Irene Miller - January 22, 1900 to May 11, 1900
Eulalah Hyatt - September 17, 1900 to December 7, 1900
Eulalah Hyatt - December 10, 1900 to March 8, 1901
Eulalah Hyatt - March 18, 1901 to June 6, 1901
Miss Hyatt has been employed to teach this school during the coming school year (1902).