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Bellflower Township History
Education
McLean County, Illinois

(Transcribed by: Teri Moncelle Colglazier)

The first schoolhouse was built in 1857, and the first school was taught by Miss Green. There are now ten districts and eleven schoolhouses in the town, the Belleflower District having two schoolhouses, which are both occupied in the fall and winter terms, the schools being consolidated during the summer term. [The History of McLean County, Illinois, Chicago: W. LeBaron Jr. & Co., 1879]

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