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Schools of the Past: Bainbridge Districts 1 and 2

With the development of the Bainbridge area the pioneer settlers had in their extremely difficult life, the thoughts of having ..


Schools of the Past: Bainbridge High School – Part II

In the previous article the early educational history of the Village of Bainbridge was documented from material forwarded to my ..


Schools of the Past: Bainbridge High School – Part I

Returning to the township of Bainbridge, which has the distinction of being the oldest township in Chenango County, we travel ..


Schools of the Past: Bainbridge's The Little Red Schoolhouse

A change of scenery is the order of the day as we travel to Route 7 and visit for the ..


Plymouth District #14 – The Return

The never ending quest for historical information may be compared to a “bottomless well” as all historians will attest, “You ..


Schools of the Past: Afton's Mystery District

This week there is a mystery that perhaps some reader might shed light and information on. The photo with this ..


Afton – The Sanford/O’Brien and Austin Districts

Again we return to two district schools which though in the Afton School District were located in Broome County, This ..


Afton District #19 - East Afton and District #26 - Lashure or Meek

Now that Santa Claus has delivered all his presents and returned to the North Pole for a well-earned rest and ..


Afton – Town of Colesville – Vallonia Springs District #14

AFTON – Returning to the Afton District schools, bear in mind and this has been written previously, that the Afton ..


Schools of the past : Afton District Number 5

By Patricia F. Scott Registered Historian and Charles Decker Afton Historian Traveling the highways, byways and assorted dirt roads of the Town of ..


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