Current and Historic SCHOOLS
Schools served the agrarian communities of Southwestern Dane County and the Driftless Area of Wisconsin from the 1840s until the 1960s. More than 40 one-room schools, that dotted the countryside, were built and administered by local families for their children. In 1964 the schools were consolidated into three buildings in Mount Horeb.
Thanks to John Pare, retired school administrator, who provided most of the school descriptions.
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School Slide Show
Sample pictures from Back to School DVD produced by Laurie Boyden and Tim White for MHAHS annual meeting in 2012. |
Interactive Map (combined)
Includes schools, cheese factories, churches, and cemeteries. Note the rural clustering of these sites. |
Click on the school name to view its webpage with photos, maps, descriptions, etc.
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Interactive Map Details: click icon for information and link to web page. To return to map click map or <- at upper left corner. For road view click ->. Zoom: Use mouse wheel or + - icons. Move map: click and hold any open space on the map then move your mouse. Legend: Click icon at upper left corner. Click "All Items" for site lists and links. To close click map. Full Screen: Click icon at upper right corner. |
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Links and References
Blue Mounds Historical Society- articles and images
Dane County Historical Society- maps, articles
Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society- tax records, images, oral history, publications:
Mount Horeb - Presettlement to 1986. Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society, 1986
History of the Township of Primrose. Mary Hanna Zumbrunnen, 1990
The Historic Perry Norwegian Settlement. The Perry Historical Center, Daleyville. 1954
The History of the Town of Mount Vernon, 1846-1996.
Pine Bluff : a crossroads in Wisconsin, Bob Buege. 2004
The Town of Vermont – "The Early Years" 1846 – 1890. Marian Swoboda
Town of Springdale, Dane County, Wisconsin : 1848-1998 -Carol Riley Statz, chairperson/secretary
University of Wisconsin Digital Collection - Madison Public Library - online resources: plat maps; Wisconsin Dairy and Food Commission / Semi-annual bulletin of the Dairy and Food Commission of the state of Wisconsin; Klueter, Harry / Directory of Wisconsin dairy manufacturing plants.
White School, Verona Township
Wisconsin State Historical Society- maps, articles, photographs, Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory for architectural information, etc.
Blue Mounds Historical Society- articles and images
Dane County Historical Society- maps, articles
Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society- tax records, images, oral history, publications:
Mount Horeb - Presettlement to 1986. Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society, 1986
History of the Township of Primrose. Mary Hanna Zumbrunnen, 1990
The Historic Perry Norwegian Settlement. The Perry Historical Center, Daleyville. 1954
The History of the Town of Mount Vernon, 1846-1996.
Pine Bluff : a crossroads in Wisconsin, Bob Buege. 2004
The Town of Vermont – "The Early Years" 1846 – 1890. Marian Swoboda
Town of Springdale, Dane County, Wisconsin : 1848-1998 -Carol Riley Statz, chairperson/secretary
University of Wisconsin Digital Collection - Madison Public Library - online resources: plat maps; Wisconsin Dairy and Food Commission / Semi-annual bulletin of the Dairy and Food Commission of the state of Wisconsin; Klueter, Harry / Directory of Wisconsin dairy manufacturing plants.
White School, Verona Township
Wisconsin State Historical Society- maps, articles, photographs, Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory for architectural information, etc.