Weekly Column by Congressman Tom Cole

Pioneer Schools of the Arbuckles (Part 2)

In 1886 a subscription school was organized at Drake using an old log house. Mrs. Vionna Harris was the first teacher with nine pupils. This brings up and interesting point. As there were nine students the teacher could not work for nine dollars a month. The solution was for the ...

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