Moniteau County Schools History 1810-1984 Moniteau County Schools History 1810-1984
By: by Larry E. Fletcher.
Publisher: L.E. Fletcher
Published: 1984
Place of publication: [United States
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Rural schools -- Missouri -- Moniteau County -- History.; Education, Rural -- Missouri -- Moniteau County -- History.; Moniteau County (Mo.) -- History.
First sentence: Hardy pioneers arriving by boat observed the "Manito," as did Captain William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition on June 6, 1804. Captain Clark recorded in his field notes, "Past a projecting rock on which was painted a figure and a Creek at 2 m above Called Little Manitou Creek, from the Painted rock this creek  20 yd wide on the L.S."
Description: A history of private, parochial, and public eduction and schools in Moniteau County, Missouri from 1810 to 1984. The book identifies and traces the forces and events involved in thevolution of the public  school system in Moniteau County from the earliest settlements of white men to 1984 while summarizing the degree of public acceptance of responsibility for providing public education.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-162).
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri at Columbia.
Copies of Moniteau County Schools History can be purchased from the Moniteau County Historical Society in California, Missouri..
Table of contents: label: Chapter  I
pagenum: 9-27
title: New Beginnings 1810-1865