School pride 116 years ago
WCAGS has acquired two postcards that demonstrate the pride Webb City had in its early school buildings.
The postcard above, circa 1905, shows three of the four elementary schools and Central High School.
Below, a 1907 postcard features the same three elementary schools, plus Franklin School (constructed in 1901).
The schools and their locations are:
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Everything you want to know about Jasper County Missouri Schools is available at a site compiled by Webb City Area Genealogical Society member Kathy Sidenstricker.
The Webb City Sentinel isn’t a newspaper – but it used to be, serving Webb City, Missouri, in print from 1879-2020. This “newspaper” seeks to carry on that tradition as a nonprofit corporation.
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