Forward SCHOOL
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Perry Township
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10084 County A
1890
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District: 5
Notes: 1846 - 1964. An early Torgerson School was established near the Ole Torgerson farm. In about 1853 fifty Norwegian families
living in the valley east of Daleyville built the first school in the
area. In 1871, when the federal government established a semi-weekly
mail route in the area the first Postmaster named this area “Forward”
and by 1875 the area had become prosperous enough to warrant a
second, new school. In 1876 the Town of Perry bought the old school
for use as a Town Hall. This building was later razed around 1895/6.
The Wisconsin Power and Light Co. Forward sub-station is now located (approximately) on the
site.
By 1900 Forward had grown enough to
warrant a third new school, this time with two-rooms. When the new
school was built, the stone from the old school was used for a new
barn on the P.V. Peterson farm. This school was located on the
east-central edge Section 22. The 1900 school in Forward closed in
1964. Again, the Town of Perry bought the building for use as a Town
Hall which it still uses today (2014) located at 10084 Highway A.
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