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Schools of the Past: Greene District #10 – Upper Geneganslet Road
Approaching rather rapidly is the holiday season for 2010 and originally the thought would be to discontinue the series for the season and resume after the January 1, 2011. Ho... read more...
Greene: District 9, Upper Geneganslet
Again we return to the Township of Greene for another chapter in the history of the one-room schools that dotted the township. This week we are concentrating on a district loc... read more...
Schools of the Past: Greene District #8 Spring Valley Part II
To continue the history of the above district, last week’s article referenced in detail the building of the new schoolhouse in the year 1844. As was previously written, howeve... read more...
Schools of the Past: Greene: District 8, Spring Valley
Returning to the northern section of the Town of Greene, with the research for this district the documented history of the Spring Valley District credit has to be given both t... read more...
Schools of the Past: Greene District 7
This writer has written numerous times in the past that the pages of the book of history relevant to the articles written remain open for new information that may come to ligh... read more...
Schools of the Past: Greene District #6 – Fiscal’s Corners
Once again we return to the southwestern section of the Township of Greene for a history of the Fiscal’s Corners District School which was active as an educational institution... read more...
Schools of the Past: Greene District #5 – Lower Geneganslet
Once again we return to the southern part of Chenango County for the history of one of Greene’s many school districts. For the many residents of Chenango County who may not be... read more...
Schools of the Past: Greene Districts 3 and 4
As the fall season continues here in beautiful Chenango County we again take a look at two more of the numerous districts that composed the Town of Greene. Once again the hist... read more...
Schools of the Past: Greene: Districts 1 and 2
For the next several weeks we will be returning to the southern section of Chenango County for brief looks at the history of Greene’s one-room schools. Greene has the distinct... read more...
Schools of the Past: German revisited
This week we will take a brief vacation from the extensive history of the Greene schools and return to the Township of German for a history of the above #1 district – the Bird... read more...
Schools of the Past: Greene
In Chenango County as we are in the fait season it is timely to turn our attention to the south (not Florida) but to the southern central section of the county and look at the... read more...
Schools of the Past: The German District Schools
With the beginning of the above series of articles, the requests were forwarded to each of the town historians to share any and all informational history and photos that they ... read more...
Schools of the Past: Coventry: Districts 2 and 11
In the previous yeas that first the series of “In The House of the Lord” and the current series it was written that if new historical information relevant to a previous articl... read more...
Schools of the Past: Coventry – Joint District 9 and District 10
Regrettably, once again, there are no photos of the two districts which are the subject of this week’s article. Perhaps someone will rummage through an old trunk and come up w... read more...
Schools of the Past: Coventry Districts 7 and 8
With the opening of the new school year throughout Chenango County, it is timely that we return again the Township of Coventry for yet another chapter in the history of one-ro... read more...
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