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ANNUAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE Hindman School: Twelfth Year

ANNUAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE Hindman School: Twelfth Year Appalachian Heritage, Volume 12, Number 4, Fall 1984, pp. 26-33 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1984.0014 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/438493/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:44 GMT from JHU Libraries 26 NOTE: The Hindman School began in 1887 using a frame store building for classes, /iue months public school and five months subscription or "select" school. Knott County, with Hindman as the County Seat, was formed by an act of the Kentucky State Legislature in 1884. Three years later, in 1877, Hindman was a tiny village of about 17 houses and 100 people scattered at the forks and along the banks of Troublesome Creek with no school or church. When the citizens learned that George Clarke (who had come there from Greenup County to set up a law practice) had experience as a school teacher, they prevailed upon him to forget his law practice and start a school. Clarke responded to the need and thus began a long, illustrious career as educator in the hills of eastern Kentucky. In 1888, with the help of citizens and students, Clarke leveled a site and built a school house (about where the Knott http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

ANNUAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE Hindman School: Twelfth Year

Appalachian Review , Volume 12 (4) – Jan 8, 2014

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Appalachian Heritage, Volume 12, Number 4, Fall 1984, pp. 26-33 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1984.0014 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/438493/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:44 GMT from JHU Libraries 26 NOTE: The Hindman School began in 1887 using a frame store building for classes, /iue months public school and five months subscription or "select" school. Knott County, with Hindman as the County Seat, was formed by an act of the Kentucky State Legislature in 1884. Three years later, in 1877, Hindman was a tiny village of about 17 houses and 100 people scattered at the forks and along the banks of Troublesome Creek with no school or church. When the citizens learned that George Clarke (who had come there from Greenup County to set up a law practice) had experience as a school teacher, they prevailed upon him to forget his law practice and start a school. Clarke responded to the need and thus began a long, illustrious career as educator in the hills of eastern Kentucky. In 1888, with the help of citizens and students, Clarke leveled a site and built a school house (about where the Knott

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