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Site of Primrose School

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.5 mi. S on US 82, Ropesville, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 24' 4.82739999984", -102° 10' 2.3610100008"
 
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    First public school in Hockley County; named for a wild prairie flower. In 1902 homesteaders had begun farming here. By 1909 their children needed education, so the parents hauled lumber by wagon from Big Spring (about 100 mi. S), donated labor, and built a one-room schoolhouse. Classes began Dec. 13, 1909, with pupils from the Ardis, Baker, Blankenship, Brown, Carter, Cowan, Dixon, Perritt, Rose, and Witherspoon families. The schoolhouse served as polling place, church, and public meeting hall in 1917, when Ropesville was established about a mile away, with better facilities. 1974

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Site of Primrose School Historical Marker Location Map, Ropesville, Texas