Box A29

Scope and Contents

This collection contains record books and forms related to Richland School (District no. 55) in Ford County, Kansas. These materials include clerks', teachers', and treasurers' records, and are largely administrative in nature.

Scope and Contents Ash Grove School District was officially organized in 1909, but may have existed in other forms earlier than this, as multiple school shared this name going back to 1885.The site of the school was about 12 miles southwest of downtown Dodge City, about 1 mile north of today’s Ford County roads known as 102 Road and Wilburn Road. The land that the school was built on was owned by a man named Samuel Harrell, who had come to this area from Cassville, Missouri. This location is only...

Scope and Contents

This collection contains record books from the South Hopewell school in Ford County, Kansas, as well as Report forms with information about the school from 1938-1943. There are also forms related to the swearing-in of clerks, and a rating card.