PIONEER SCHOOLS TO 1878
https://iagenweb.org/linn/schools/communityschools.htm
from: The History of Linn County Iowa, Pub. Chicago, Western Historical Co. 1878. Transcribed by Terry Carlson for IaGenWeb.
WESTERN
"School was first held as a primary department of the College, at which there was an attendance of twenty during the first year. A district school was then organized and held in a small dwelling now standing vacant in the western part of town. School was held there until 1861, when the present two-story brick building, about 24x40 feet in size, was constructed west of the business part of town. There are two rooms, now taught by Stephen I. Harrison and Miss Sadie Bowman." p. 581.
ELY
"The first school house in this vicinity was erected in 1850. It was a little cabin, made of lynn poles, and school was first taught there by Israel Clark. Another, one-quarter of a mile east of town, afterward known as the Ely school house, was built in the fall of 1854, and first taught by R. Rowe. This was moved nearer to the town plat when the latter was laid off. A new frame school house of one room was built in Ely in the fall of 1876, where school was first taught by Isaac Heller, who was afterward drowned in the Cedar River. Al Weaver taught the next winter." p.585.
FIRST SCHOOL IN BIG GROVE TOWNSHIP, Johnson County, Iowa
Source: 1883 History Of Johnson County, Iowa
"But Mr. Lingle reports the first school house as built on section 9, by Chauncy Fowler, in 1848 or '44. He says it was about fourteen feet square-built of round logs; but there was one log left out, and the hole was covered with greased paper for a window. There was no floor; and a big fireplace at one end, with huge back-log and forestick, and then plenty of small wood, served to keep it warm in the coldest days.
SCHOOLS NEAR ELY AND SHUEYVILLE IN JOHNSON COUNTY
Big Grove Township
Section 11 -Stone Academy (N. of Solon, highway 1)
Section 3 - Hazel Green
Section 5 - Salubria
Section 7 - Buresh
Jefferson Township
Section 1 - Sulek
Section 3 - Shueyville
Section 5 or 7 - Houston (or Swisher)
Section 19 - Strang
Section 22 - Anderson
Section 24 - Vorel
Welcome to the Ely Community History Society! ... Our mission is to collect and preserve the history of Ely, Western, Shueyville, and nearby rural areas in both Linn & Johnson Counties.
10/22/2021
10/20/2021
Linn County history links
Thank you to Michael Clark for calling to tell us we had a mistake in one of our links! It has now been fixed. Micheal descends from the early Clark family in Putnam township.
The error was the link to "People in Putnam Township" in the following ....
(Places to search on-line)
*The History of Linn County (1878-1878) 812 Pages
*Pioneer Life In and Around Cedar Rapids - (1839-1839) 258 Pages (you will need to log in to FamilySearch.org to view this)
*Pioneer Life In and Around Cedar Rapids - (1839-1839) 258 Pages (you will need to log in to FamilySearch.org to view this)
*1907 Linn County Atlas - (1907-1907) 175 Pages
Photos in this Atlas:
Photos of people in Putnam Township
Photos of people in Monroe and Putnam Townships
Photos of people in Putnam Township
Photos of people in Monroe and Putnam Townships
Early Clark family photos from the 1907 Linn County Atlas (click the photo to enlarge it)
9/15/2021
Ely School Sports Teams
Mark Krob submitted these two mid-1930s sports photos.
They are from the collection of Bob Krob.
Click each photo to enlarge it, then click again to enlarge more.
Top row, left to right: Dave Clark, Chuck Vavra, Walt Wagner, Leo Pizarek, unknown
Bottom row: Frank Sladek, Lumir Skripsky, Bud Stahle
Back row: Frank Sladek, Jack Clark, Walt Wagner,Norbert Krob, Dave Clark
Front row: Lumir Skripsky, Bud Stahle, Verne Upmier, Dean Lockwood, Bob Krob, Chuck Vavra
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