This is a commencement program that was distributed to guests attending the twenty-first graduation ceremony of Oskaloosa College's class of 1883. The program lists different speeches and musical performances throughout the morning and afternoon. …
Oskaloosa College, not to be confused with Penn College which is also located in Oskaloosa, was the first college to open in Mahaska County in 1861. George T. Carpenter served as Oskaloosa College's first president. The college was never…
After the second Oskaloosa High School was constructed in 1897, it did not take long before the school population needed additional space. Therefore, in 1917 an addition was made to the northeast corner of the building. In 1937, a northwest wing…
Completed in 1897, the second Oskaloosa High School was located at the corner of B Avenue and North First Street, which was only two blocks from the town square. The new high school was built on a bond valued at $30,000. Later, the high school was…
Built in 1870, the old Oskaloosa High School consisted of eleven classrooms and housed 525 students. The first two floors held high school classes, but the third floor of the high school actually was the home of Jefferson Elementary School students.…
This is a photograph taken of Samira Ann Hobbs Phillips, the first school teacher in Mahaska County, Iowa, in 1844. The first schoolhouse in Mahaska County was located approximately two miles east of Oskaloosa. Fighting the elements, heavy…
