Oakwood in Kansas City in Jackson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
School Days
Photographed by Jeremy Snow, March 26, 2024
1. School Days Marker
Getting an education on the edge of the western Missouri frontier could be difficult. In the early 1800s, farm families lived miles apart and relied on private primary schools. Sometimes people hired tutors or governesses to teach their children. By the mid-1860s, academies and subscription schools were formed, followed by the free public school system known today.
Up the hill before you once stood the Holmes Park School. Children from the nearby Holmes Park community attended classes here, following in the tradition of frontier education.
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Holmes Park School (above), built in 1916 and used until 1979, replaced an earlier one-room frame building known as Hart Grove School (built in the 1870s). These schools were part of the 1902 Hickman Mills consolidated school system the first such system formed in Missouri.
Erected by 3-Trails West, Inc.; Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1916.
Location. 38° 56.997′ N, 94° 32.208′ W. Marker is in Kansas City, Missouri, in Jackson County. It is in Oakwood. It is on Hickman Mills Drive west of Marion Park Drive, on the left when traveling south.
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Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Where People Once Lived (here, next to this marker); A Resting Place (here, next to this marker); Russell's Ford (approx. 1.4 miles away); Remembrance of Trails Past (approx. 2.4 miles away); Susan Magoffin (approx. 2½ miles away); John Calvin McCoy (approx. 2½ miles away); Alexander Doniphan (approx. 2½ miles away); Don Felipe Chavez (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kansas City.
Another marker is no longer nearby. New Santa Fe Road (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Photographed by Jeremy Snow, March 26, 2024
2. School Days Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2024, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 239 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 19, 2024, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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