One of the many ongoing exhibits at Slater’s Heritage Hall Museum is the story of our area country schools. One-room schools were common throughout rural Iowa in the late 19th ... “The Great War — ...

The schools also spread quickly across Iowa, even in territorial days. The first one was established in 1830, according to Sherman. By 1901, there were 12,623 one- or two-room schools. That number ...

CORALVILLE, Iowa — Old school ... to someone who went to a one-room school and their eyes just light up," says Margaret Wieting, executive director of the Johnson County Historical Society.

CORALVILLE, Iowa — Old school ... to someone who went to a one-room school and their eyes just light up," says Margaret Wieting, executive director of the Johnson County Historical Society.