RIGGS FAMILY SCHOOLS & HISTORY
BANDARA, TEXAS SCHOOLHOUSE
SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT IN BANDERA, TEXAS FOR RIGGS FAMILY MEMBERS. THIS WAS THE FIRST SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT BY THE BRANNICK RIGGS FAMILY. (There may not have been a schoolhouse built in Bandera by or for Riggs family members. This is being researched.)
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History of the Riggs Bandera Schoolhouse will be described here if, in fact, there was a schoolhouse built.
CHICOSA CANYON SCHOOLHOUSE
SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT IN CHICOSA CANYON, LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, COLORADO FOR RIGGS FAMILY MEMBERS. THIS WAS THE SECOND (? maybe the first) SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT BY THE BRANNICK RIGGS FAMILY. (No photograph of the schoolhouse has been found.)
Construction started in 18xx and was completed in 1871.
From the publication, CHICOSA BILL: “A schoolhouse was built, and in the summer and fall of 1871, Mr. Steven D. Stout taught the first school in that vicinity. People came for miles to hear the singing, which was taught among other things at our school, as one of Mr. Stout’s hobbies was vocal music.”
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History of the Riggs Chicosa Canyon Schoolhouse will be described here.
RIGGS HOME RANCH SCHOOLHOUSE
SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT AT THE RIGGS HOME RANCH FOR RIGGS FAMILY MEMBERS. THIS WAS THE FIRST SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT IN ARIZONA TERRITORY BY THE BRANNICK RIGGS FAMILY.
Construction started in 18xx and was completed in 1882. Riggs Home Ranch School was used until the El Dorado School was built in 1900. The Riggs Home Ranch School was included in the El Dorado School District on August 13, 1883. (Date from Cochise County Board of Supervisors meeting establishing District #16)
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History of the Riggs Home Ranch Schoolhouse will be described here.
EL DORADO SCHOOLHOUSE
EL DORADO TEACHERAGE (RESIDENCE PROVIDED FOR EL DORADO TEACHERS)
BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: MR. JA HU (JAMES H.) STAFFORD, CLARA STAFFORD, RUBY AMALONG, JESS AMALONG, GRACE HUDSON, —— POINTER, GERTIE AMALONG, EVA SANDERS, SADIE TRAMEL, MRS. T.B. STARK, JOSIE HAMPTON, LIBBIE TRAMEL, SYBLE SANDERS, CARMEN KENEDY, BEN ERICKSON AND MR. T.B. STARK
MIDDLE ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: FRANK HUDSON, FLORA POINTER, CORA AMALONG, EVA POINTER, ELIZABETH KENEDY, HANNIE HUDSON, HAMPTON GIRL
FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: BILL HUDSON, SILAS TRAMEL, WILLIE KENEDY, JOHNNIE TRAMEL, RALPH KENEDY, CLARENCE KENEDY, PLUMMER HUDSON, WINNIE HUDSON, MRS. ASBURY HUDSON, JAMES HUDSON, ANNA LOU HUDSON, MRS. J.L. (DELLA) HUDSON, MILDRED HUDSON
SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT AT EL DORADO IN THE RIGGS SETTLEMENT FOR RIGGS FAMILY MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS. THIS WAS THE SECOND SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT IN ARIZONA TERRITORY BY THE BRANNICK RIGGS FAMILY.
Construction started around January 2, 1900 and was completed in time to move in on December 3, 1900.
El Dorado School District #16 was established in Cochise County on August 13, 1883 and remained a district until 1965.
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History of the El Dorado Schoolhouse including students and photographs will be shown and described here.