Stringtown school bus circa 1924
This photo of “Eden’s Stringtown school bus” was taken from the book “From Swineville to Stringtown: Life in Eden, Utah for the family of Hyrum Stallings and Nancy Ritter” compiled by Ray Wilmot. Eden’s first school house, a one-room log building, was built in 1866. In 1884 it was replaced, at a cost of $1,004.50, by a larger frame school building crowned by a bell. Money for the school was raised by taxation.
The dimensions of the building were 26 x 40 with 12-foot ceilings. It was built across the street from the north side of the Public Square, or Eden Park, as we call it today. The new school had seating capacity of 78, and was dedicated January 27, 1884. This served the community until a new yellow brick schoolhouse was built and dedicated September 14, 1919. In 1926, the 10th grade was bussed to the new Weber High School located on the corner of 12th St. and Washington Blvd. in Ogden.
Another change came in 1937 when the 7th, 8th, and 9th grades were taken to Huntsville for school, followed in 1944 by the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. Finally, the last year school was held in Eden, attended by the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades, was during the 1945-1946 academic year—until the new Valley Elementary School was built, dedicated, and readied for the 2009-2010 school year.
The dimensions of the building were 26 x 40 with 12-foot ceilings. It was built across the street from the north side of the Public Square, or Eden Park, as we call it today. The new school had seating capacity of 78, and was dedicated January 27, 1884. This served the community until a new yellow brick schoolhouse was built and dedicated September 14, 1919. In 1926, the 10th grade was bussed to the new Weber High School located on the corner of 12th St. and Washington Blvd. in Ogden.
Another change came in 1937 when the 7th, 8th, and 9th grades were taken to Huntsville for school, followed in 1944 by the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. Finally, the last year school was held in Eden, attended by the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades, was during the 1945-1946 academic year—until the new Valley Elementary School was built, dedicated, and readied for the 2009-2010 school year.
