Pottawatomie County Loses Cherished Landmark

On the corner of Gaddy Road and New Hope Road stood a two-room, rural schoolhouse. It had a cinder block cafeteria built on the southern end and a stage built on the northern end. After having two outhouses - boys and girls - for years, it also had indoor restrooms built onto the western side.In front of the school, there was a rock retaining wall built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA),…