Sawyer Co. School History - 
Round Lake School

 


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(Transcribed from the book "History of Education In Sawyer County, Wisconsin, 1902,"
page 231)

The first school house was erected on the S. E. ¼ Section 27-41-8 and it seems that William Steves had charge of its construction.  This building was burnt during the spring of 1889.  All of the teachers from W. T. Swetland to Lillian A. Jordan, both inclusive, taught in the William Wettenhall boarding house - the school board rented it during that time for school purposes.  The old building still stands on the banks of Round Lake (1902).

The school is sometimes referred to as the Perry or McGilvray school as all of the pupils enrolled during one term belonged to those two families.  Mr. McGilvray lived where Richard Phelan now lives (1902) and Charles Perry lived about fifty rods southwest of where the school house now stands.

Terms of school have been maintained as follows:

REILEY, Nellie - February 11 to April 24, 1886
DOBIE, James - October 17 to November 30, 1887
TESTER, Chris A. - January 9 to May 11, 1888
TESTER, Chris A. - September 3 to November 23, 1888
TESTER, Chris A. - December 10, 1888 to March 8, 1889
SWETLAND, W. T. - September 2 to December 4, 1889
SWETLAND, W. T. - December 5, 1889 to March 6, 1890
SHENDAL, Emma F. - September 1 to November 21, 1890
SHENDAL, Emma F. - February 16 to May 8, 1891
MILLER, Clemmie - June 1 to August 21, 1891
MARQUETTE, W. H. - December 21, 1891 to March 12, 1892
SWETLAND, W. T. - May 18 to July 22, 1892
SWETLAND, W. T. - September 5, 1892 to February 28, 1893
JORDAN, Nellie C. - May 15 to August 3, 1893
HAWKINS, Charles E. - September 25 to December 15, 1893
HAWKINS, Charles E. - Spring of 1894 for about one month
JORDAN, Lillian A. - Spring of 1895 for aobut two months
JORDAN, Lillian A. - Fall of 1895 for about one and three-fourths months

This school was then discontinued until the fall of 1900 when the Hubbard school house was moved to its present location - S. W. corner S. W. ¼ Section 27-41-8 - where it was enlarged and renamed the Round Lake School.

Terms of school have been held in this building as follows:

TIBBETTS, Amy Alice - October 5, 1900 to January 4, 1901
TIBBETTS, Amy Alice - January 7 to March 29, 1901
TIBBETTS, Amy Alice - April 1 to June 28, 1901

Mary Eloise FLAGG has agreed to teach this school during the fall of 1901.