Historical Society puts spotlight on one-room schoolhouses

The Allen County Historical Society will look at "Rural School Life" Saturday for its spring meeting.

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April 28, 2025 - 3:04 PM

The students and teacher at the one-room Odense schoolhouse in 1915. Photo by Allen County Historical Society / Courtesy

“Rural School Life,” is the topic of Saturday’s spring meeting of the Allen County Historical Society.

The program includes six panel members who will discuss their unique experiences of attending the county’s one-room school houses of the early 20th Century. 

The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided. The program also will be live- streamed via the Allen County Historical Society’s Facebook page.

The program begins at 1 p.m., May 3, at the Iola High School lecture hall. 

For more information, email Kurtis Russell, director of the historical society, at achsdirector@outlook.com or call 620-365-3051.

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