The end of an era for teacher Elmer Duck and old Doe Creek Schoolhouse - 1948. Mr. Duck taught 54 years, more than 25 at Doe Creek located south of Scotts Hill near the Hardin County line. With his retirement the county closed the doors on Doe Creek Schoolhouse built of logs soon after the end of the Civil War for church and school use. Mr. Elmer and his students pose outside and inside the building for Gordon Turner, who featured the school in a newspaper article. The students sit on benches offering advantages, especially the little boy fron tow who holds his "Day In and Day Out" reader upside down. The Doe Creek cemetery nearby is the resting place for Mr. Duck and his wife Sudie Duck. He died in April 1951 at the age of 72. (Photo Nancy Turner Jackson)

From the Gordon Turner Book 1977
Also found excerpts in "Henderson County Tennessee Connections by Brenda Kirk Fiddler