In 1910 OKC was a booming community spreading in all directions like a fallen beer on a barroom floor, an apt description for most of the town's early days. Now, however, things were changing as the new state charged forward into a brand new century. People were flocking into the now offical "capitol city".
Schools for children in September of 1910 included:
Bryant
Culbertson
Emerson
Eugene Field,1515 N. Klein (A 1909 article notes the 'mission style' had been chosen for desks)
Franklin (A 1909 article notes here the teacher's desks were of oak)
Harmony
Jefferson
Junction
Lincoln
Lee, 424 SW 29 (west Capitol Hill)
Lowell
McKinley
Putnam Heights
Riverside
Washington
Whittier
Willard
Wheeler, 501 SE 25 (East Capitol Hill)
Walnut Grove
Longfellow
Columbus, 2402 S. Pennsylvania (Packingtown)
And one High School for all.
Schools for children in September of 1910 included:
Bryant
Culbertson
Emerson
Eugene Field,1515 N. Klein (A 1909 article notes the 'mission style' had been chosen for desks)
Franklin (A 1909 article notes here the teacher's desks were of oak)
Harmony
Jefferson
Junction
Lincoln
Lee, 424 SW 29 (west Capitol Hill)
Lowell
McKinley
Putnam Heights
Riverside
Washington
Whittier
Willard
Wheeler, 501 SE 25 (East Capitol Hill)
Walnut Grove
Longfellow
Columbus, 2402 S. Pennsylvania (Packingtown)
And one High School for all.
Further reading available in an informative essay on pre-1900 schools in OKC, see the MLS page.
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