Volume 6 , Issue 38

Green Valley School - What Year? Can You Name the Students?

"The photo is a copy of a photo that belongs to Alberta (Riggs) Bliss, who still lives on the quarter-section of land homesteaded by Charles C. 'Charley' and Sarah Riggs in the 'Run of 1893' when the Cherokee Strip was opened for settlement.

Charles's brother-in-law, Edwin Fussell Taylor, homesteaded on a quarter-section that was SW of Carmen in the Fairview community (I believe); other Riggs family members also homesteaded in the area or later bought land there.

The original site of the school was a half-mile or so East from the present location of the Green Valley Church (this photo is of that school building). Later, the site was relocated west to the current location and a 'modern' wooden structure was constructed - it was destroyed in a tornado just a few years ago and has been replaced with a new community center on the same site.

The first teacher of the school, pictured here, was the sister of Charles Riggs, Mary Jane 'Doll' Jordan.

I'm not certain of the date of this photo, but I believe that Arles Riggs is one of the students and there may be other Riggs kids as well.

Does anyone know the students in this photo or perhaps when the photo was taken?  (I need to confirm this with Alberta, but I think that Arles Riggs is the tall student at the far right on the back row)." -- Rod Murrow, Freedom, OK   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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