
Agricultural life in Stark, Bureau, and Marshall counties centers on a dense network of rural schoolhouses and small-town rail stops in the early 1930s. The Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad cuts through the north near Bradford, while the Chicago and Northwestern serves Broadmoor and Camp Grove to the south. This era is characterized by an exceptional density of local education, with nearly two dozen named institutions like Longfellow Sch and Pleasant Mound Sch spaced for horse-and-buggy or walking access.
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1893 · Lacon
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1893 · Hennepin
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1893 · Metamora
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1893 · Dunlap
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1898 · Dunlap
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1909 · Hennepin
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1911 · Hennepin
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1921 · Buda
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1923 · Buda
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1929 · Annawan
USGS Topo · 1:62,500