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District 10 Schoolhouse Museum
The District 10 Schoolhouse Museum is located one-half
mile west and one mile south of the Alexandria State Lakes, on
the Oregon Trail in northwestern Jefferson County.
This schoolhouse
turned museum features monuments dedicated to the memory of the
Oregon Trail, Pony Express and Mormon travelers who passed through
Jefferson County.
The school was established in Meridian in the 1860's and was relocated
to the Jacob Dein farm. The
present schoolhouse, built in 1898, stands at the original locations
and is now property of the Jefferson County Historical Society
and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
From Fairbury, travel north on Highway 15 to 717 Road. Then west
to 559 Road, a distance of nine miles from town.
The District 10 Schoolhouse
Museum is open Sundays 2-4 pm Memorial Day to Labor Day. Email
inquiries to fairburyridepot@windstream.net or
call (402) 729-5131.
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