McKeever School Teachers (NW Oklahoma Territory)

Info from the book, The First 100 Years of Alva, Oklahoma 1886-1986, by Seekers of Oklahoma Heritage Association -- McKeever School District 23 was located on the SW corner of Section 24, 6 miles west of Alva, Oklahoma.

The first school term was held during the winter of 1894-1895 in the Hulet home, 6 miles west and 1/3 mile south of hwy 64 in Section 25 of the Alva Township.

The Hulet home as a dugout, 12 feet by 18 feet with dirt floors. It had a 4 foot depth with sod laid up 2 feet above that. The roof was made of poles and branches of trees covered with dirt. The McKeever School was earlier known as "North Eagle, District 191.

29th January 1895... The pupils that attended the North Eagle, Dist. 191 school were: Harry Benton, Johnnie Benton, Myrtle Cocohm, Clevie Kinney, Mary Kinney, Tommie Kinney, Amon McKeever, Phebe McKeever, Cora Messmore, Evert Litton, Jim Litton, Thomas Litton, Orwell Shirley, Bertha Smith, Cora Turner, Lola Turner, Bessie Vincent, Cora Wiggins, Della Wiggins, Gracie Wiggins.

Sometime during the 1894-95 school year, Dick McKeever purchased the Hulet claims and donated the SW corner of his SW quarter of Section 24 for a frame-boxed school building that was moved from 4 to 5 miles NW of Alva and placed on the donated land.

The second school term was held in this frame box house that measured 14 feet by 28 feet, with wooden floors with 1 inch by 12 inch planks, and desks that were from the same type of plank. It cost $300 to construct the original part of the school.

The School District changed in 1908 from District 191 to District 23 and was known as the McKeever School. The American Elm trees which encircle the school grounds were set out about 1915 and still line the south boundary of the school yard along hwy 64.

List of McKeever Teachers....

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