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Article: Eagleville School celebrates 160 years
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 23, 2009
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By CAROL SPAETH-BAUER
When Benedict Bovee donated a half-acre on the east side of his
farm for a school to be built in Eagleville in October 1849,
residents battled 10 years about the specific location of the
school, almost to the point of splitting District No. 4. Those on
the east side of the district wanted the school built below the
hill, while those on the west side wanted it built at the top of the
hill.
In the meantime, area children were taught in a house rented for
$15 a year. Finally, in September 1859, voters at the annual school
meeting voted to build the school on the donated land. Within a
year, a 24-by-30-foot frame building standing 12 feet high was home
to Eagleville ...