Kankakee Township
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Rolling Prairie – 1835 – log school, burned and
replaced with a frame building - located in front of the old section Rolling
Prairie Cemetery
later the frame building was moved further down on
Michigan St. Later a brick school building was built near where the present
school is located…that too burned in 1967.
There was also a high
school built, it was discontinued in 1969 when the Rolling Prairie and New
Carlisle High School were consolidated into New Prairie High School .
1918to 1920
Bald Hill – closed in 1905. located in Section 33 –
250 East and Division Rd.
Bald Hill School Alumni
Fail – location on Fail Rd and 300 North in Section 19.
Built 1870 District No. 3,
1897-1898 School Year, Letha Taylor Hickman,
Teacher
Pupils: Effie Fail, Lottie Francis, Bertha Hart, Edna Fail, Keene
Fail, Albert Pease, Carl Downing,
Maud Robbins, Clarence Hunt, Ward Hunt,
Vernon Francis, Claire Fail, Ora Downing, Orville Woolverton, Albert Downing
Hunt – located 2 miles west of Rolling Prairie on the old
Michigan Road, north side. –
discontinued in 1925. Section 9, 200 East
and Michigan Rd. Hwy 20.
Byron – Closed in 1919 located in section 15?
William’s located on section 4 (1892) 600 North and 300 E.
Decker – Stood in front of Miller Griffin cemetery section
29
Bell – frame one room school. Located on section 23 – 200 North and 450 East - Bell property.
Perry’s Corner School – one room frame building location unknown
Kankakeee School Located in section 28 Pumping Station Road
(250E) On Scholl property (1921)
Sabbath School – Rolling Prairie – Christian – 1866 Rolling Prairie – M. E. – 1866
Rolling Prairie High School - Circa 1910
Rolling Prairie HS
Circa 1910