History and directory of Newton and Ransom townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; . ed at the hotel. School-houses The first- school-house in Mountain Valleywas built of logs, sometime before 1840, on thefarm now owned by Horace Courtright (acrossthe road from where Lewis E. Powells barn iserected). Eliza Hallstead, Cyrus Marcy and Swarts were among the first teachers. About 1861 a framed school-house was erect-ed on the William Mosier farm (now owned by Evangelical Church The church at Mountain Valley was erectedin 1884, during the pastorate of J. M. Longs-dorf. In 1882, Alvy Krou.
History and directory of Newton and Ransom townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; . ed at the hotel. School-houses The first- school-house in Mountain Valleywas built of logs, sometime before 1840, on thefarm now owned by Horace Courtright (acrossthe road from where Lewis E. Powells barn iserected). Eliza Hallstead, Cyrus Marcy and Swarts were among the first teachers. About 1861 a framed school-house was erect-ed on the William Mosier farm (now owned by Evangelical Church The church at Mountain Valley was erectedin 1884, during the pastorate of J. M. Longs-dorf. In 1882, Alvy , E. S. Miller and-J. B. Coolbaugli were appointed a building com-ndttee. A lot was purchased in 1883 of DavidZ. Michael for $25. A building was erected thefollowing year, at a cost of $1,000. It was dedi-cated Sept. 7, 1884 by Rev. N. Young. Thechurch was remodeled in 1906, at a cost of near-ly $2,000, and was rededicated the same year byRev. W. F. Swengel, during the pastorate ofRev. H. W. Thomas. This church belongs to the Ransom W. E. Smith is the present MOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL-HOUSE AND CHURCH. E. 8. Miller), near where Ostrander Richardsbarn now stands. Edward Ayers was the firstteacher. The Misses Emily Litts and SusanNejdiart were among the early teachers. Amongthe later teachers were William Shelley, MissAmy Petty, Reuben Lesli, Miss Maggie Robert-son, Augustus Michael and others. This schoolbuilding was purchased by William Mosier andtorn down, and the lumber used in the erectionof his house in 1884. The present school-house was Iniilt about1879, and Joseph Moore was the first teachers were Mame Miller. WilliamBrodhead, Marjoria -Jones, Mamie Zeiss, MarieCorseliiis, Bessie Evans, Dora Huthmaker, Rhea??^illiams, Anna OMalley, Porter Michael, Mis-iRoloson, Sara Klipple, Lillian Decker, andothers. Miss Maude Hinckley of Dalton. is theteacher at this writing. MOUNT DEWEY This portion of Ransom township was awilderness twenty-five ye
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