1874 - Prairie Mound School ~ Laclede, MO
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YoSam.
N 39° 47.306 W 093° 10.167
15S E 485491 N 4404289
General John J. Pershing lived a block away, and not only attended this school, but taught here.
Waymark Code: WM7158
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2009
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County of School: Linn County.
Location of School: Pershing Dr., Laclede.
Some info on Pershing about the school:
In the panic of 1873, the Pershings lost all their holdings. John and Brother James took complete control of the one farm left, as their father took a traveling sales job.
John then accepted a teaching position at Prairie Mound School and eventually saved enough money to attend Kirksville Normal School (Now Truman State University), where he received his teaching degree in June 1880. He returned to Prairie Mound School until the fall of 1881. It was then that Pershing saw a newspaper article concerning the competitive exam for entrance into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Pershing took the test on Oct. 20, 1881, qualified and was nominated to West Point, where he graduated in 1886.
Today visitors can tour the school building, and inside a gallery allows visitors to walk through the many doorways Pershing entered throughout his early childhood life and military career.
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