One-room schoolhouse on corner of Finch Road and Rinaker Road, Polk Township, Macoupin County, Illinois 2009. Lloyd sent this picture. http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/images/school-unknown.jpg Unless there are two Raffurty schoolhouses, we think the Raffurty is the one moved to and now on the Historical Society grounds. Anyone recognize this school house? Gloria
I checked at the County Superintendent office and there were two Raffurity school houses that had been built in the Raffurity School District. The one moved into the Historical Society grounds and the old building on the Wheeler farm still standing at Rinaker and Finch road. Jim Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: "G Frazier" <macoupincounty@earthlink.net> To: <ILMACOUP@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:42 PM Subject: [ILMACOUP] What school is this? > One-room schoolhouse on corner of Finch Road and Rinaker Road, Polk > Township, Macoupin County, Illinois 2009. > Lloyd sent this picture. > http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/images/school-unknown.jpg > > Unless there are two Raffurty schoolhouses, we think the Raffurty is the > one moved to and now on the Historical Society grounds. > > Anyone recognize this school house? > > Gloria > > Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at > http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
About Wheeler Air Field in Bird township: An interesting article I found in the Bunker Hill Gazette August 27, 1926 edition: Uncle Sam has rented a forty acre field from Joseph Wheeler of Carlinville for the purpose of using it as an airplane field for it's mail service. The land is located in Bird township and was rented for the price of $10 per acre. Jim Frank - Original Message ----- From: "G Frazier" <macoupincounty@earthlink.net> To: <ILMACOUP@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:42 PM Subject: [ILMACOUP] What school is this? > One-room schoolhouse on corner of Finch Road and Rinaker Road, Polk > Township, Macoupin County, Illinois 2009. > Lloyd sent this picture. > http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/images/school-unknown.jpg > > Unless there are two Raffurty schoolhouses, we think the Raffurty is the > one moved to and now on the Historical Society grounds. > > Anyone recognize this school house? > > Gloria > > Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at > http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message