FIRST -- Superintendent of Chapin Schools, La Joya TX
N 26° 14.926 W 098° 28.890
14R E 551780 N 2903337
Nellie L. Schunior was named the first superintendent of Chapin school. Chapin was later renamed Edinburg.
Waymark Code: WMPEQ7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2015
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An official state historic marker at the Nellie Leo Schunior School on the US 83 at La Joya recalls that Ms. Schunior was named the first superintendent of the local school district in the 19-teens.
The marker stands in front of the Schunior School, which is now uised as offices for the La Joya Independent School District.
The marker reads as follows:
"Nellie Leo Schunior School
This school's roots lie in the former town of Havana (2 mi. S), where between 1890 and 1944 area children, most of whom lived on nearby ranches, attended classes in a one-room schoolhouse. Nellie Leo Schunior (1878-1920), who later became the first superintendent of Chapin (now Edinburg) schools, taught in Havana from 1913 until 1916. Several years after her death, persistent flooding of the Rio Grande caused Havana residents to relocate their town to this area. They renamed the town La Joya, and built a new school in 1926 which they named in Schunior's honor.
(1992)
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1916
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