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went off to war and the 52 one-room school houses where youngsters once learned their ABCs.
“We had to rely on the memories of people to get the locations of the old post offices and schools. I’m sure we missed a lot of schools. We had a problem with the definition of a school; whether one room in a house where someone taught a few children how to read qualified as a school,” Elisabeth noted.
Even after the county adopted complusory education in 1870, the records are incomplete, she added, basing her conclusion on the $250 total value set on all school property that year. ”1 suppose if we spent a lifetime on this, we could get it all,” Elisabeth concluded.
After the long hours of research, both Johnsons are goldmines of local trivia, casually scattering tidbits of information across their conversations.
“Abe Lincoln's grandfather lived beyond Riverton. Did you know that? You do now ‘cause it’s in our book!" Ned announced, his face creased into its characteristic grin.
Or that George Washington had planned to hold up in Powell’s Fort Valley as a last ditch effort to save his revolutionary army if everything else went sour? “George Washington did get around a heck of a lot. He probably knew about that little ol’ valley...You’d be surprised how much
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