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First teacher Emma Cocke recalls Collingsworth origins
In April 1889 Emma Cocke taught the county’s first school in The Flat near Fresno, arriving with her father and neighbors after a 15 day wagon trek from Denton. She recalls thirteen pupils, rustic classrooms, rattlesnakes, and the founding days of Wellington’s education as Collingsworth County formed.
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Collingsworth Standard
Collingsworth County
Emma Cocke
Wellington Town
W.O. Richards
Wellington
Memphis
R.H. Cocke
W.Y. Seale
Denton County
P.W. Myers
Denton
Fresno
Judge Myers
Miss Cocke
Collingsworth
Emma
L.H. Stall
Stall
R.F. Curry
Gus Stall
Mrs. Richards
Texas
Judge
Ida Myers
Bessie Myers
Herman Myers
Ed Myers
Will Elliott
Lillie Elliott
Bessie Elliott
Tom Elliott
Gertie Dysart
Carey Dysart
Lela Atteberry
Larkin Forbis
Clara Forbis
Grundy Karnes
Lubbock
Charlie Wall
Arizona
Stratford
Herbert Wyatt
Altus
Jim Loter
Mobeetie
A.V. Cocke
James McCune
California
Richard
Gribble Springs
Gribble
D.D. McDowell
T.B. Miller
Frank Royal
Harve Bush
Wesley Joyner
W.T. Campell
Walter Campbell
R.A. Dysart
Childress
Indian Territory
A.W. Cocke
E.W. Cocke
Betty Cocke
R.H. Cocke, Jr
Ruffin Cocke
Sallie Harris
Richard Harris
Henry
W.D. Collins
Milas Glenn
L.W. Gribble
Richards