Exterior view of the Badger School with several children and teachers in front of the school. The school was located in the same area that the present school is located. The building had a wonderful bell tower that the town was very proud of. This school was built in 1902.
Hunter's Park: Glen Avon school; St. Andrews street; boys and girls; teacher; students; Hunter's Park was named for John Hunter and Ronald Hunter; Glen Avon is named for the glens of Scotland and the river Avon of England by a Scottish man Angus Roderick Macfarlane who married Catharine Hunter; children and teacher standing on the front steps; boy with a drum; aprons, hats, capes
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hunter's Park: Glen Avon school; boys and girls; teacher; students; St. Andrews street and Roslyn Avenue; old Hunter's Park school; Hunter's Park was named for John Hunter and Ronald Hunter; Glen Avon is named for the glens of Scotland and the river Avon of England by a Scottish man Angus Roderick Macfarlane who married Catharine Hunter; older children standing and seated on steps; the school is not in lists after 1906
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Teachers and students are posed in front of Pleasant Grove School House (District 140). In 1886, Pleasant Grove Township provided transportation, at township expenses, for students attending the school. Theodore Eppland was the driver of the wagon or ""school bus"". This was the first publicly provided school transportation in Olmsted County.