Schools of Johnson County WY

Barnum School

This is a Barnum School Christmas Party in 1956 or 1957. Names on the photo are: Charlie Graves, Bonnie Graves, Miss Lopez's sister, Virginia Wolcott, Joyce Graves, Sheila Roberts, Kathy Taylor, Eddie Yeigh, Dee Yeigh, Susan Payseno, Susan Roberts, Chuck Harlan, Gary Yeigh, Raymond Yeigh, Ken Graves, Sue Yeigh, Joan Roberts, Wayne Graves, Billy Taylor?

These are cheerleaders from the Barnum School in approximately 1968. Shown from left to right are Becky Brock, Vicky Johnstone, Karen Wolcott, Ethel Forbes, Kathy Wolcott, and Christy Taylor.

Kaycee Schools

125 years from this photo of the first school in Kaycee. This cabin is one of the oldest buildings in the area, first used as a homestead cabin in 1890 or earlier on the Kaltenbach homestead west of Kaycee before it was sold to the Town of Kaycee for use as a school and town hall. Today it is located at the Hoofprints of the past museum.

Kaycee Basketball Team many years ago, although we do not know the year this photo was taken.
Left to Right: Mr. Hale, Emory Dawson, Leonard Stevens, Elmer Gosney, Vance James, Dan Ahern, unknown.
Photo Courtesy Ray Turk.

Kaycee girls basketball team in 1932. Pictured from left to right: Evy Lund, Verna Lund, Margaret Tilton, Mae McKenna, Stapp, and Gladys Daveson.

Kaycee second-grade class in 1982, taught by Jani Vandeusen.

Buffalo Schools

The original Log House School and Church

1904 Buffalo High School

1906 Fire that destroyed the Buffalo High School

1911 Buffalo High School

Top Row
- Louise Cox- Hollis Vielle- Dorothy Mynatt- Robert Holt- Dorothy Cole- George Knepper
Second Row
- Fred Croster- Rowena Adams- William Royhe- Sylvia Corr- Ralph Burger- Irene Corey
Third Row
- Clair Musser- Marion Higgins- Edwin Kerstner- Donald McAfee- Mary Alice Reese- James Cox
Fourth Row
- Kenneth Garreen- Juanita Bibbee- Wallace Kirkhall- Kathryn Pritt- Leland Burger- Josephine Calhoun
Bottom Row
- Harold Heeu- Virginia Sheridan- JUHS- Elmer Corey- 1935- Kathleen Garrey- Richard Joy

Reunion of the Class of 1948

CLASS OF 1948
Of the 50 members of the JCHS Class of 1948, 25 made it to the weekend reunion. They were, left to right:
STANDING:
Sabra Coates Hughes of Vancouver, Wash., Beverly Reid Croft of Santa Fe, N.M., Mary Lou Arno Borgialli of Buffalo, Vance Lucas III of Salt Lake City, Betty Jo Olson Harriet of Buffalo, Elizabeth Hill Holland of Laramie, Edna Voiles Kendell of Casper, Margaret Michelena Gammon of Buffalo, Charles “Chick” Osborn of Buffalo, Eunice Dalzell Lowe of Boise, Ida., Darlene Cheezik Kinzer of Spokane, Wash., Rose Shambaugh Miller of Cody, Donna Sanderson Burdin of Spring Valley, Calif., Ruth Schultz McConnell of Byron, Vada Rosenberger Wolski of Torrington, Rita Smith Cook, Dollie Brug Iberlin and Sandra Fairlie Page — all of Buffalo
KNEELING:
Bill Campbell, Dave Larkin, John Eklund, Don Wilson — all of Buffalo
Ralph Buell of Cheyenne, John “Sundown” Taffner, Larry Gray — both of Buffalo
Date: 11 Aug. 1983 Source: Buffalo Bulletin

Wooden Elementry School Buffalo WY

                                           

High School and Grade School Buffalo, WY

A little bit of history of our Buffalo "city" schools. We have wonderful photos of the rural schools too. Sadly, there was a bad fire in March of 1906 that completely burned the almost new school. This is the school that we now call the Bomber Mountain Civic Center. Images and information are from Johnson County WY Library

1945 Buffalo 7th Grade Class Photo - Names below

Names of the 7th Grade 1945 Class:

Teacher: Ira Harris

1st Row: Ralph Johnson, Donnie Larkin, ?, Raymond Snelling, Cecil Fieldgrove, Jim Miller, ? Gary Anderson, ?Phillip Vallejo, Roy Shambaugh

2nd Row:
Della-Johnsen, John Miniger, Dick Suhr, Joanne Weher, Georgia Murray, Anita Curuchet, Janet Sackert ,Arnette Langunst, Nancy Hicks, Sarah Ann Cain, Audrey Goodrich, Roberta Barton

3rd Row:
Teacher, Jon Kostenlose, Jeanette / Janelle ?, Mary Ruth Palmer, Doris Johnson, Gladys Jacobson, Bessie Dickerson (Waggoner), Darlene Reumann, Ann Smith, Marjorie Brug,  Margie Hughes, Robert Simmons, Bill Bennett, Bill Jones Teacher?

4th Row:

Jerry Adams, Kells Waggoner, Lucy Andrada, Vernor Lloyd, Walter Patch, Bob Lyman, Alan Jolly, Buck Lawrence, Jack Williams, Dale Shelton, Larry Benton, ?, ?

5th Row:
?, Betty Bryant, ?, ?, Esther Mathison, Josephine Stuckert, Lucy Andrada, ?, Phyllis Person, Blanche Dubois, Jim Qurney

 

1956 Buffalo Grade School

Clearmont WY ~ Old Rock School

Old Rock School Football Team

Old Rock School Clearmont WY

Old Rock School with Students late 1800's

1898 Rock School 2016

The Rock School house was built in 1898 with stone quarried from the local hills. The Lincoln Land Compnay provided the land so that the Community could build a multi-purpose building to be used as a school, church and community building.  Local families and businessmen provided the labor and supplies. When finished, the one room building measured about 26' x 30' and served the students and families of the area for 100 years. A new high school was built in 1929, but students still used the Rock School as a classroom. Eventually, it was turned into the Industrial Art/Vo Ag building. In 1992, the doors of the Rock School were officially closed to the public. From 1992 to 2015, the community worked diligently to help maintain the Rock School. Starting in 2015, Sheridan County School District #3 held community meetings to develop a long term plan for the Rock School because the structure of the building started to fail. Due to deterioration of the building , the Rock School was torn down in the Fall of 2016. The Picnic Area and Memorial were completed in the Spring of 2018 as a way to dedicate and preserve the history of the Rock School

Anna Patrick (Teacher) at the Sussex School with students Warren, Bobby, and Donna Mae Long.

The first Sussex school 1909-1910. Names: Madge Davis, Dorothy Davis, Helen Meike, Lucille Beck, Henry Jones, Ethel Beck, Ralph Beck, Emil Meike (sitting on step) Harry Jones and Pete Meike (against the building)

Sussex School and children 1943-44. Names of persons in in the front row from left to right: Tom Taylor, Alvin Lohse, George Alvin Taylor, Howard Turk. Second row left to right: Mary Stanley, Dorothy Mathew, Bobby Ray Taylor, Bobby Crawford, unknown, Anna Patrick - teacher. Third row left to right: June Devoe, Catherine Stanley, Barbara Meike, Peto Meike, and Jack Turk

 

Nine Mile School - email the County Coordinator if you have any details of this photo!!

Although it looks like Sunday school, the caption on the back of this photo says "Children's Day" at the Mayoworth School on North Fork of the Powder River. This school operated from approximately 1900-1960. During that time the Mayoworth Parent-Teachers Association, the first one in the county, was formed in 1941. Its purpose was to raise money to buy things needed at the school. It raised funds to buy a piano, chairs, books, and a projector. One of the primary fundraising methods was poker games, however, this ceased after a visit from the Wyoming State PTA. So the club became the Mayoworth Community Club and expanded its purpose to funding community projects. The poker playing continued.

      

Mayoworth school basketball photo. It was taken in October 1949 at the Mayoworth School. Names: Wilbur Jones, Glen Myhre, Kelly Todd, Larry Todd, Morris Durand, although we are unsure which characters they apply to. It looks a little difficult to dribble!

 

This photo shows a Christmas Party at the Mayoworth School in 1955. Front Row L to R: Kathy Hanson, Sandra Smith, Carol Long, Brock Hanson, Dick Zigweid, and Jimmy Anderson. Middle Row L to R: Patty Long, unknown Zigweid child , Mary Howie, Larry Smith, Harold Smith, and John Hanson. Back Row L to R: Unknown, Elmay Durand, Russell Durand, Ken Wobig, Rusty Anderson, Marjorie Anderson.

 

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