Students at Eagle Rock's first elementary school in 1888. The ranchers erected the school on Hickson Ranch in 1885 upon land donated by Cromwell Galpin. Front row: Willie Talbot, Earl Cooper, Mattie Brierley, Maud McCarty, Lottie Fish, Lena Frackelton, Alfred Brierley, Walter McCarty, Perry Backus, and Willie McCarty. Second row: Ray Wickerd, Hollis Backus, Winnie Fish, and May Parker. Back row: Roy Hickson, Mr. William Frackelton, teacher, Irene Amet, Floria Fish, Ola Backus, and Eva Brierley. The teacher was the uncle of Eagle Rock's oldest living resident in 1967, Mrs. Ray Murdock, then in her mid-eighties. She moved to Eagle Rock when she was two years old. The school was located at the corner of Casper and Colorado. It was razed about 1908.
Elementary schools--California--Los Angeles School children--California--Eagle Rock (Los Angeles) Schools--California--Eagle Rock (Los Angeles) Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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