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.

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.