Historical Marker
Site of Valley View School
Historical marker location:
CR 412 off SH 208 via FM 1982, 8 mi. from Colorado City, Colorado City, Texas
( From Colorado City take SH 208 about 3.6 miles north. Turn east onto FM 1982. Continue east 4 miles to county road 412. Take 412 north one mile to marker just across bridge.)
Marker installed: 1982
In 1905 nine men from the Lone Wolf Valley adopted plans for a community school. Named Valley View by S.H. Hart, it began under the direction of eighteen-year-old Aury Williams, the first teacher. Edmond Seymour donated land at this site for a one-room schoolhouse, constructed by W.D. McCarley, T.J. Coffee, A.J. Compton, J.B. Cranfill, J.H.T. Johnson, Billie Seymour and Willie Seymour. The building was also used as a community center. The Valley View School continued to serve the surrounding rural area until 1942, when it was consolidated with the Loraine District.
(1982).