Bucyrus Kansas

06/12/2019

Popped up on my news feed

01/27/2018

I met with a man today who is writing about old high schools in ks. He picked Bucyrus as one. I look forward to seeing his work. He picked 1 from every county in Kansas.

07/05/2017

Another year of fireworks in Bucyrus... thanks to Crazygoose.... the town is prowd!

05/16/2017

Old resident of Bucyrus, Kansas.

02/28/2016

Part 2 history of Bucyrus school.

Between the years of1865 and 1869 to this community came the families of James Cooper , Samuel Nesselrode, J.c.Livery, Peter Dellinger, Wm. Warehouse, Geo. Lightfoot, George Furgason, E. H. Kirby, Samson Moser, George Allen and George Robinson, to join the earlier pioneers. They took a keen interest in the development of the school. Therefore in the 60's a second school was planned; the site was the same as our present site was deeded to the school district by E. H. Kirby.
This second school building had few advantages over the old for it still had the crude benches, painted blackboards, a small stove, and poor provisions for lighting. The school year was divided into two terms; a four month winter term and three months spring term. There was no fixed course of study as a guide for teacher and pupil. The progress depended almost entirely upon the judgment of the teacher, and the children advanced accordingly. Among the earliest teachers were; Harvey Wells, Louisa Tilton, Sallie Allen, William McCarthy, Jas. Snyder and Lon McCarthy.
Among the social activities of the neighborhood were spelling bees, home dances, Bob sled parties, husking bees, house warmings and singing schools. These people were mindful of their religious development as well as the material side of life.

Mrs Did Heflebower and J.C. Lovett started the first Sunday school in the school house. Church was held there too, whenever a minister happened along, regardless of denomination.

This same building was the home of the Wea grange, established in 1873. Thus the little school house served for school, church, and Grange for a period of five years. Realizing their need for more room the citizens of the community built the Grange hall and union chapel.

11/26/2015

Our school yesterday and today: as written by Mrs. Frank Laskie & Mrs Marie Wier.....

The community which later became known as the Holdren school district began in the territorial days of Kansas. Many home seekers were attracted to the great plains known as the Kansas- Nebraska territory.

In December 1857, two brothers, from Virginia came to this particular place. These brothers were David and Did Heflebower. They homesteaded their claims and later purchased several sections from the government. On the following February, Billie and Tommie Holdren came from Ohio and settled on adjoining farms. From Illinois, came William Waterhouse and George Wicklines. These Illinois people came the entire distance in their prairie schooners. Here, with their families, these people lived the first hard years of the homesteaders, under vast skies, gifted by an immense and remote horizon.

Settlers of this era witnessed the many attempts on the part of political leaders of both the north and south, to make Kansas a free state or slave state of the union. The free state leaders finally won the long struggle and Kansas became a free state on January 29th, 1861. In 1862, the government passed the homestead law in Kansas. This marked the opening of vast areas of land to the home-seekers.

In spite of the numerous trials and disasters that these courageous folks experienced as part of the civil war, they were aware of the necessity of education of their children. A one room school building was erected by uncle Billie Holdren and his brother Tommie. The chosen site was one and one-half miles southwest of Bucyrus. The interior of this building was of native lumber and vastly different from our own comfortable, modern school-home.

The equipment consisted of seats, which were backless, benches of the crudest type, a small stove, painted blackboards for writing space and slates with slate pencils. This building was destroyed by bushwackers in one of the many raids during the earlier years of the Civil war.

Part 1 of the history of Bucyrus school.... Part 2 will follow soon.

11/16/2015

Then and now pictures of my great grandfather's house with his family.

03/04/2015

Grandma Knights family, not sure what year.

01/24/2015

More history of Bucyrus.

12/29/2014

http://www.kshb.com/news/region-kansas/thousands-of-dollars-stolen-from-church-in-kansas

08/20/2014