The Sunshine School in District No. 70, in Knox County near Niobrara, Neb., was one of the last one-room school houses in the state, and therefore, in the country.
Little schoolhouse on the prairie
Sunshine School District No. 70, in Knox County near Niobrara, Neb. Teacher Theola Mayberry stands next to the building. Her students are: (from left) Ruby Menkens, seventh grade; Barbara Hoferer, third grade; Dorothy Mayberry, first grade; and Ruth Arnold, seventh grade. The photo was taken on the first day of school in 1943.





