Black plaque № 16296

Big Spring, TX, United States

Moore School. In 1906 a group of pioneers arrived on the frontier north of Big Spring to take advantage of rancher Sid Moore's offer to sell land to farmers. Four acres were set aside, and a one-room school was built in 1906. The first school term, with one teacher and fifteen students, lasted six m

onths. A second teacher was hired in 1908, and a curtain was used to partition the classrooms. Both school and community were named in honor of Moore. The school became the center of community activit

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