. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . the education t>f the children; and the place has always l>eennoted lV)r the fostering care be>towed on this iuiportant branch. The first school building was of wood, located on tlie west endof the lot now owned by Geo. W. Sanderson. It was a small alTair,and ]>ainted the regulation color, red; and m
. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . the education t>f the children; and the place has always l>eennoted lV)r the fostering care be>towed on this iuiportant branch. The first school building was of wood, located on tlie west endof the lot now owned by Geo. W. Sanderson. It was a small alTair,and ]>ainted the regulation color, red; and many a man who hassince won distinction at the bar. the forum, or in letters, learnedthe tirst rudiments within its noisy portal. As the town grew, ex-tended accommodations were needed, and several other small schoolswere started. Later the lower portion of the (^hristian Church wasrented for a pui>lic schotd. In 1n61-3 the public spirit found fullexpression in the erection of the j>resent spacious and beautifulbtiilding, one of the largest and best in the Military Tract. Here,with a graded system and a large and ethcient cor]»s of teachers,pupils are instructed in all the ordinary branches, the High Schooldepartment titting students for college. A large clock with a tine. oc CO O I—I fa 652 HISTORY OF pikk county. bell attiiched, was placed in the dome shortly after the completionof the l)iiildin>. In 1842 the first ne\vspaj>er was started by Michael J. Xoyes,and was calletj Th* Sucker. This was succeeded by the Free Preen,started by Garbutt A: Abbott. Later it was eiiited l>y John (, now Marshal of the Unite<l States Supreme Court at Wash-in^titn, and at one time Private Secretary to President Lincoln,and afterward C!isul at Paris. The Free Pre»8 was followed byTh^ Journal, and it by The i>Ul /7//j/, which i
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