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Black plaque № 27432

Edgewood, TX, United States

Slaughter School. POPULATION GROWTH ALONG THE DALLAS-SHREVEPORT ROAD DURING THE LATE 19TH CENTURY BROUGHT ABOUT THE NEED FOR A SCHOOL IN THIS PORTION OF VAN ZANDT COUNTY. ALTHOUGH IT IS KNOWN THAT SLAUGHTER SCHOOL EXISTED BY 1883 AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION, IN 1888, ELIZABETH SLAUGHTER CONVEYED A ONE A

CRE SITE 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EDGEWOOD TO TRUSTEES JAMES P. RAINEY, G.R. POPE AND W.D. WHITFIELD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SLAUGHTER SCHOOL. BY 1891, THE EDGEWOOD SCHOOL SHARED THE BUILDING AND THE TO

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