Butte County CA Archives History - Books .....Schools In Oro Township 1882
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Book Title: History Of Butte County

SCHOOLS IN ORO TOWNSHIP.

    We have already traced the history of the schools in the early days up to
1860, and have seen that Forbestown, then called Oro, No. 1, was one of the
first three schools in the county—we may say definitely that it was the third.
Afterwards Evansville district was set off as Oro No. 2, and a district called
Hansonville also existed for several years.

    FORBESTOWN DISTRICT.—The school has been supplied with the best teachers to
be found in the county. The building is good, and large, an additional room
having been added two years ago. One year ago the trustees put in a full supply
of the best patent furniture.

    EVANSVILLE DISTRICT.—In the early days the district was very nourishing, and
the school-house on the high hill was the pride of all the region around. By the
decline of mining, and by the cutting off of other districts, Evansville became
so reduced of late years as to endanger its existence. For a long time a kind of
border war existed along, and on account of, the dividing-line between this and
the Upham district, but peace now prevails. The district has also been in danger
from division on its western boundary. Its families live far apart and it is
with difficulty that a school is maintained. But the prospects of the district
now are much better than they were two years ago.

    CLIPPER MILLS DISTRICT was formed by order of the board of supervisors, May
7, 1869, and embracing the extreme eastern corner of the county. The district
has a good house, well furnished and eligibly located, and a good school has
always been maintained.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA,
IN TWO VOLUMES.

I.
HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FROM 1513 TO 1850.
BY FRANK T. GILBERT.

The Great Fur Companies and their Trapping Expeditions to California.
Settlement of the Sacramento Valley. 
The Discovery of Gold in California.
BY HARRY L. WELLS.

II.
HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY,
From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. 
BY HARRY L. WELLS AND W. L. CHAMBERS.

BOTH VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS AND PORTRAITS.
HARRY L. WELLS,
517 CLAY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO
1882.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by HARRY L. WELLS, in
the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

FRANCIS, VALENTINE & Co., Engravers & Printers
517 Clay St., San Francisco

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