OSO SCHOOL AS RECALLED IN '58 BY M. MCCUTCHEN - Coke County, TX Contributed by Jo Collier 7 September 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ********************************************************************* OSO SCHOOL AS RECALLED IN '58 BY M. MCCUTCHEN Printed in The Bronte Enterprise September 3, 1964 In an interview with the Enterprise in 1958, the late Monroe McCutchen did some reminiscing about the first Bronte school, Oso, and others in the county. He told of picking out the exact location of the school at that time, that it was over on Mack Eubanks' place and a persimmon tree was growing on the site at that time. He said for many years the place was known as the Archer Place. His grandfather, Madison McCutchen was the first teacher at the school. He told of another teacher in 1889, a Mr. Wilson. The first school in Robert Lee, he said, was in 1891, and he attended it also. Badger Den or Arkansas Bend School was also in 1890 or '91. It was located east of where Bronte now stands. Madison McCutchen also taught in this school. He said Mrs. T. G. Stinebaugh was one of the early students there. Mr. McCutchen, who died in 1960, came to this area with his parents in April of 1889. He said they camped south of the present site of Bronte. They lived there until 1890 when they moved south of the present site of Robert Lee. Mr. McCutchen could remember the beginning of Robert Lee and saw the first house moved in there. He said 1890 was also well remembered because that was when the first post office was opened in Bronte. Before the office opened, he said they had to go to Maverick to get their mail. He remembered that Ernest Marshall's mother was postmaster at Maverick at that time. He was married to Miss Mattie Moore Jan. 14, 1904, at Indian Creek. Mrs. McCutchen still makes her home in Bronte. Permission granted by the Observer/Enterprise for Publication in the Coke County TXGenWeb Archives.