Butte County CA Archives History - Books .....Schools In Kinshew Township 1882 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 28, 2006, 8:35 pm Book Title: History Of Butte County SCHOOLS OF KIMSHEW TOWNSHIP. Kimshew township was declared to be a school district December 31, 1859. The census of 1861 shows ninety-four children in the district, after Delaplain, or District No. 2, as it was called, had been set off, which reported forty-three. Delaplain was set off February 8, 1861, and May 4, 1870, there was an order of the board of supervisors that the east boundary, between Delaplain and Kimshew school districts, "be so changed as to leave Whisky flat, Helltown and Centerville in Kimshew district." KIMSHEW DISTRICT.—The school was located at what was then called Dogtown, but now Magalia. A good house was built, which still stands, though almost worn out, and the trustees are making arrangements for a new one. The first school was taught by John Todd, in the autumn and winter of 1863 and '64. DELAPLAIN DISTRICT, set off February 8, 1861, embraced all the southern end of Kimshew township. Miss Mary Sadorus taught the school in 1862. A plain, substantial building was at first erected, which has been from time to time, added to, as the district had need, and furnished with the best style of desks. The school has of late years been one of the best in the county. LOVELOCK DISTRICT was formed May 4, 1872. The district has a neat building, elegantly furnished, and with all needed apparatus. The school is one of the pleasantest in the county CENTERVILLE DISTRICT, embracing the territory in the Butte Creek canon, in what was once a famous mining region, has a good school-house, and the trustees have recently taken steps to purchase the best style of furniture. The school numbers about thirty pupils. INSKIP DISTRICT was formed May 21, 1872. A house was built, and a pleasant little school kept until the summer of 1880, when the district lapsed by operation of law for lack of patronage. NIMSHEW DISTRICT was formed May 8, 1873. Until the year 1880, the school was kept in a rented building—an old store—but now the district owns a nice school-house, elegantly furnished. KONKLE DISTRICT was formed May 24, 1875, of territory taken from the east side of Delaplain district. It consists of the narrow ridge between the Rio Seco canon and the west branch of Feather river. The school-house stands midway between Pence's ranch and Magalia. In 1880, the original board shanty was replaced with a very neat and well-built school-house, which is furnished with the most approved style of patent desks. POWELLTON DISTRICT was organized August 9, 1870. Situated ten miles north of Magalia, at one of the pleasantest places in the mountain districts of the county. DIAMONDVILLE DISTRICT, situated in the Butte Creek canon, below Centerville, was organized May 7, 1878. 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 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/butte/history/1882/historyo/schoolsi324ms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb