The Kyger School was built in 1881 on property belonging to Daniel
Kyger. The first school operated for two years and was moved to a
different location on the same property. The original school was
located at the corner of a pasture and the property owner had a
problem with gates being left open, allowing his cattle to wander
away. The move to the second location solved this problem. The Kyger
School was located about one and one half miles south of Montevideo
and is indicated but not named in Lake's 1885 Atlas of Rockingham
County. The Kyger School was one of four small schools closed in 1910
when the Pine Knot School was built. (see also Pineville, Three
Springs, Idahoe)
Teachers known to have taught at the Kyger School are:
1881-82 Joseph H. Strayer
1882-83 Florence M. Read
1884-85 Florence M. Read
1885-86 J. H. Petrie
1886-87 J. H. Petrie
1887-90 (three sessions) S. J. Pence
1890-91 A. B. Miller
1891-92 John S. Bowman
1892-93 Arthur Long
1893-94 A. F. Kyger
1894-95 E. L. Lambert
1895-96 George Loker
1896-97 Nannie Eldine
1897-98 Charles H. Schuler
1898-99 J. H. Petrie
1899-1900 O. C. Suthard
1900-01 John W. Rodeffer
1901-02 Florence Trent
1902-03 J. H. Petrie
1903-04 Maggie V. Rodgers
1904-05 (unknown)
1905-07 (two sessions) G. G. Strayer
1907-08 (unknown)
1908-09 (unknown)
1909-10 (unknown)
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