Of these, nine had sod school houses ; ten had lumber school houses ; and one was of logs. Eight contained no report of the character of the housing facilties. The teachers at the time of the organization of the county were: William Bradlev. 1. P. Krum. Mrs. C. A. Glass, Ida Hibbs, A. D. Maxwell, Mrs. C. J. Slocum. 1. W. Mills. Mrs. Clara Graf, J. C. Gyger, Erna Pickering, C. W. Snodgrass, A.

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

P. Wilcox, Jessie Laycock, Jennie Plummer, Hattie Gates, Mrs. P. Seberger, Agnes Smith, Henrv Swanson, H. M. Finch, Jennie Salsbury, Ella j. Brown, Mrs. M. Kenney, M. Belle Ebright, Mollie Darlington, W. L. Harrington, C. J. Slocum and Yinne Brown.

It may be observed that Jessie Laycock taught two schools, one beginning after the close of the other. Three hundred and fortyseven pupils registered at these schools when the county first came into existence. The growth and development of Deuel county may be understood, when it is stated that in ten years there were sixty-three districts and in twenty years seventy to take care of the increasing attendance of the children of the settlers and farmers.

The first teachers institute of Deuel county was held August 3-15, 1891, with Professor C. L. Harper as instructor and Superintendent Rosa Dodds, instructress. There were fiftyfour teachers in attendance. Superintendent Stark's record of certificates issued is missing so that the record begins February 15, 1890, when 1. C. Gvger was issued a certificate. On March 8, following, Fred L. Gilliard, Eva M. Gilliard, and Mollie Hilber were issued certificates. District No. 1, was organized March 4, 1889, upon petition of George Shirley, John Enslow and others, and was located in 14-42. District No. 2, organized at Big Springs, when a part of Cheyenne county, by E.