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- Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, October 2007 - Henry Ford attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Because of Ford's fondness for his teacher John Chapman, he not only followed Chapman to Miller School but also brought Chapman's house to Greenfield Village. This school, originally built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, was the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- October 01, 2007
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Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, October 2007
Henry Ford attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Because of Ford's fondness for his teacher John Chapman, he not only followed Chapman to Miller School but also brought Chapman's house to Greenfield Village. This school, originally built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, was the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, October 2007 - Henry Ford attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Because of Ford's fondness for his teacher John Chapman, he not only followed Chapman to Miller School but also brought Chapman's house to Greenfield Village. This school, originally built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, was the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- October 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, October 2007
Henry Ford attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Because of Ford's fondness for his teacher John Chapman, he not only followed Chapman to Miller School but also brought Chapman's house to Greenfield Village. This school, originally built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, was the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- William Holmes McGuffey School in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - The McGuffey School was built in Greenfield Village in 1934, created out of barn logs from the 1790s southwestern Pennsylvania farmstead where textbook author William Holmes McGuffey was born. Children living in frontier communities learned to read in rustic schoolhouses like this one. McGuffey's Eclectic Readers gave them an easy, standardized way to do it.
- September 01, 2007
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William Holmes McGuffey School in Greenfield Village, September 2007
The McGuffey School was built in Greenfield Village in 1934, created out of barn logs from the 1790s southwestern Pennsylvania farmstead where textbook author William Holmes McGuffey was born. Children living in frontier communities learned to read in rustic schoolhouses like this one. McGuffey's Eclectic Readers gave them an easy, standardized way to do it.
- William Holmes McGuffey School in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - The McGuffey School was built in Greenfield Village in 1934, created out of barn logs from the 1790s southwestern Pennsylvania farmstead where textbook author William Holmes McGuffey was born. Children living in frontier communities learned to read in rustic schoolhouses like this one. McGuffey's Eclectic Readers gave them an easy, standardized way to do it.
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
William Holmes McGuffey School in Greenfield Village, September 2007
The McGuffey School was built in Greenfield Village in 1934, created out of barn logs from the 1790s southwestern Pennsylvania farmstead where textbook author William Holmes McGuffey was born. Children living in frontier communities learned to read in rustic schoolhouses like this one. McGuffey's Eclectic Readers gave them an easy, standardized way to do it.
- Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - The Scotch Settlement School was built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, Michigan. Henry Ford (1863-1947) attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Ford restored the building in 1923 -- one of his first restoration projects. He later moved the schoolhouse, and it became the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, September 2007
The Scotch Settlement School was built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, Michigan. Henry Ford (1863-1947) attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Ford restored the building in 1923 -- one of his first restoration projects. He later moved the schoolhouse, and it became the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, October 2007 - The Scotch Settlement School was built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, Michigan. Henry Ford (1863-1947) attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Ford restored the building in 1923 -- one of his first restoration projects. He later moved the schoolhouse, and it became the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- October 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, October 2007
The Scotch Settlement School was built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, Michigan. Henry Ford (1863-1947) attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Ford restored the building in 1923 -- one of his first restoration projects. He later moved the schoolhouse, and it became the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, October 2007 - The Scotch Settlement School was built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, Michigan. Henry Ford (1863-1947) attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Ford restored the building in 1923 -- one of his first restoration projects. He later moved the schoolhouse, and it became the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- October 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Scotch Settlement School in Greenfield Village, October 2007
The Scotch Settlement School was built in 1861 in Dearborn Township, Michigan. Henry Ford (1863-1947) attended this one-room schoolhouse from age seven to ten. Ford restored the building in 1923 -- one of his first restoration projects. He later moved the schoolhouse, and it became the first classroom of the Greenfield Village school system Henry Ford started in 1929.
- "Old Stone Jug" School Once Attended by John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944 - John Burroughs (1837-1921), an internationally known naturalist and writer, was born on a dairy farm near Roxbury, New York, in the Catskills Mountains. Burroughs was the seventh of ten children and like the rest of his siblings he went to school when not working on the farm. This small stone schoolhouse was the first school Burroughs attended.
- May 20, 1944
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"Old Stone Jug" School Once Attended by John Burroughs, Roxbury, New York, 1944
John Burroughs (1837-1921), an internationally known naturalist and writer, was born on a dairy farm near Roxbury, New York, in the Catskills Mountains. Burroughs was the seventh of ten children and like the rest of his siblings he went to school when not working on the farm. This small stone schoolhouse was the first school Burroughs attended.
- Henry Ford with Edison Institute Schoolchildren outside McGuffey School, Greenfield Village, June 1934 -
- June 15, 1934
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Henry Ford with Edison Institute Schoolchildren outside McGuffey School, Greenfield Village, June 1934
- Scotch Settlement School at its Original Site, Dearbron Township, Michigan, May 1929 -
- May 01, 1929
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Scotch Settlement School at its Original Site, Dearbron Township, Michigan, May 1929