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These are ink sketches I made in 1994 to go into a book about the Okanogan Schools. These are only a few of the 40+ drawings I did both from photographs, and early timers description.
Earnest Scarborough
ebscar@televar.com |
The Schools of Okanogan
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Cover of the booklet. published in 1994. All art work is copyrighted by Earnest Scarborough |
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Clover school, 1889-1911. First school was held in a tent in 1888. The log school was built in 1898.
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Clover, built in 1889 and used until 1911.
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L. C. Malott Home, 1891. The first school in Okanogan County was held here until 1900, when a new school was built. The last students here were the class of 1911.
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 | | Pine Grove School, sstablished 1902 in a hand-hewn log building. It is still standing and is presently used as a storage building. |
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Happy Hill School, built in 1902 in the old mining town of Ruby. Shortly thereafter it was torn down and moved board by board to a hillside . They even went to the trouble of saving the nails and straightening them so they could be reused. The last class to attend was 1932. The school was demolished in 1939. |
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 | | Pleasant Valley School (also know as Boston Heights) was built 1904-5 and ceased operating in 1937 |
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 | | Okanogan 's first school was built in 1907 and replaced in 1936. |
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Pine Groves second building was built in 1916, near the original in what is known as Pleasant Valley. It was used until 1953 when the district joined the Okanogan District. The building was then used as a community center
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 | | In 1956, during one of the heaviest snow storms, the roof caved in. A local group formed a community club and reconstructed the roof. Unfortunately they did not follow the original lines. |
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Malott School, built in 1911 (date on drawing in error) and served until 1928 when a new school of stucco was built. This building then became the Grange Hall, and still serves that purpose today.
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Chicken Creek School. Built in 1915. Little is known about this school.
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Malott School built of stucco in 1928 and burned in 1950
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Cameron Lake School was built in 1919 on donated land. They had to rebuild in 1936. Most of the time they only had 11 to 15 students, Grades 1 through 8.
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Long Lake School, built in 1922 on the south half of the Colville Indian Reservation. The school was closed in 1944 and the students were bused to a newer school several miles away.
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Okanogan H.S.Gym Addition, Built in 1928. Prior to this the basketball teams played in apple warehouses. There were repeated cases of blood poisoning from the splinters picked up on the rough floors and many serious colds because of going out in the cold without the benefits of a shower. The boys decided to avoid the risk of injury and sickness, and wait until they had a gym. This is the one built. It had bleachers on one side and a stage on the end. I directed many plays in this gym until it was torn down in 1983 to build a new school.
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Grainger School (it's misspelled in the drawing), built in 1937, served many students until 1991 when a new elementary school was built. This building has been remodeled and is now serving as a county court and office building.
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