Little River Colored

Edited 8/18/2023

 

Opening and Closing

1924:  The County School Board voted to close Little River for the 1924/25 Academic Year. Source:  Emerick, Ruth. M. (1924). Minutes of the County School Board Meeting for March 17, 1924. Purcellville

Physical and Map Location

Petitions

Transportation

We do not know how students reached the school, though given that it was a school for Blacks and given the era, we surmise that they walked.  Some might have gone by horseback.   

History

Instructors

Insurance and Physical Description

 Insured by LCPS system in 1931 as a “colored” school in the Broad Run District.  See box 11 in EWP archives.