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Early Planners Motivate Education In Rural Iowa
An 1890s Buffalo Center area movement spurred rural consolidation to improve schooling. Efforts began with sub districts and a frame school, leading to a 1897 move toward a consolidated township system. The drive reflected urbanizing pressures and the need for graded, tuition-free access for farm families.
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Hamlin Garland
Massachusetts
Concord
Midwest
Indiana
Ohio
Iowa
M. L. Fisher
Central Township
St. Charles Township
Floyd County
Charles City
Monticello
Buffalo Township
Winnebago County
Buffalo Center
Rock Island
Congregational Church
Brown Township
Mississippi River