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• Mt. Pleasant schools...
• Posted: 2010-03-16 15:36:44 PDT By 266
• Hello, ladies. We are of the Epperson, Boyd, and Dorr families who came to P.A. in the first decade of the last century. The old Mt. Pleasant school burned down, and apparently the students all transferred to the new school, at the corner of Mt. Pleasant Road and Draper Lane. Do you know what year it was that the old school was destroyed by fire? Thanks, Richard K. "Max" Martindale 16 March 2010

• Re: Mt. Pleasant schools...
• Posted: 2010-03-17 10:49:11 PDT By Kathy Monds
• Hi Max:
  A preliminary search of the usual sources didn't come up with an answer to your question, but I'll turn it over to another one of the Query Ladies tomorrow.
  According to Jimmy Come Lately, the 3rd or 4th schoolhouse to be built in the county was the one-room log house on the then called Mount Misery (now Mount Pleasant) road. In 1906 a new school was built at Mount Pleasant, District 43. W.A. Lewis was the contractor. It was a small frame one-room building, measuring 12 feet by 16 feet. Mrs. Inez McLaughlin taught 16 pupils in this school in the early years of the century. On September 12, 1951, children from this school started attending the new Monroe School.
  Mt. Misery school was created as School District #12 in 1888; in 1889, it was listed as having 22 scholars.
  Consolidation of Port Angeles #7 and Mt. Pleasant #43 was finalized on September 13, 1949 and called Port Angeles School District #17.
  This has nothing to do with the school, but seeing the names you listed, I thought you might enjoy these items from the Port Angeles Tribune Times, January 3, 1913. News from Mt. Pleasant:
  Mrs. Fowler and Miss Bessie of Angeles, the families of Wm. Conway, J.W. Boyd and Mrs. Piper spent the day with Mr. Wm. Dorr.
  Henry Boyd went to Angeles to be with his sick wife in the Taylor Hospital and who, under their skillful care, is progressing nicely and will soon be able to be home again.
  Mr. E.A. Epperson came home from the Canyon to be with his family Christmas.
  Hope we can have more about the school tomorrow.
  One of the Query Ladies

• Re: Re: Mt. Pleasant schools...
• Posted: 2010-03-17 12:46:19 PDT By 266
• Thanks! We really appreciate it. The Dorr, Epperson, and Boyd names in the 1913 news stories are all familiar to us. We have a good bit of information on them, and would be happy to pass it along. Also, we have information on the Keplers and Byers families, who came to P.A. from Michigan at about the same time as the Dorrs. Max

• Re: Re: Mt. Pleasant schools...
• Posted: 2011-09-23 09:16:24 PDT By Eric Stegmaier
• Good day ladies,
  
  I am currently working on a painting for my grandmother who attended the Mt. Pleasant School in 1929. Basically, I am trying recreate the school as it looked back then.
  
  There is presently a boarded up white building on the grounds where the school once stood, and that building appears in the background of a few undated (but old) photographs.
  
  Was that white building there in 1929? If so, what was it used for?
  
  Thanks so much for your help!
  
  My best,
  
  Eric
  

• Re: Re: Re: Mt. Pleasant schools...
• Posted: 2011-09-28 14:05:23 PDT By Kathy Monds
• Hi Eric:
  You wouldn't think this would be so difficult, but it appears there were the two school buildings. When the first schoolhouse (built in 1901) became too small for the growing families, another building just east of the first one was built in 1905.
  According to one source, by the late 20s/early 30s, grade levels were split between the two structures.
  We will mail you what little we have in our vertical files about the schools.
  Hope this is somewhat helpful.
  The Query Ladies

• Re: Mt. Pleasant schools...
• Posted: 2011-04-20 21:41:56 PDT By Don Downing
• As a part of the Epperson/Boyd clan I'm not familiar with the 1913 news stories and would love to see them. I'd also love to see what family information Max Martindale has on our clan in the early 1900s in PA. My mother was Marjorie Epperson, daughter of Fred Epperson. Thanks, Don

• Re: Mt. Pleasant schools...
• Posted: 2011-05-23 14:23:51 PDT By Kathy Monds
• Hi Don:
  Our research librarian suggests that you come into the Clallam County Genealogy Society library to look through the Epperson family files. The library is located at 933 West 9th Street in Port Angeles. It is open Tuesday - Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  Is this something you would be able to do?
  The Query Ladies