Whole page on the history of the Stone Lagoon school. Two photos. One photo is 1958; the other prior to 1923, showing it with a bell tower. The last class was held up to this summer. In Sept. the students will begin to attend classes at the new $160,000 school at Big Lagoon. The first school was built in 1881 on the ? side of the present highway across from Dry Lagoon. Mud was used to fill the cracks of the log cabin. Pioneer settlers in the valley were Tom MacDonald, Jim Donnelly, Julius Foss and Walter Huntley. Henry Hendriksen was a student there. His brother Norman now (1958) of L.A. , wrote a book " Bitter Conquest", a story of a family struggle and experiences in this area. Mrs. Ruth Strider of Eureka started school there in 1907. Her stepfather John Plitch came over from Germany as a young man & drove oxen in the woods before setting at Dry Lagoon. The Stone Lagoon school which just closed may have been built in 1897. The school was called Blaine up until ? Thomas MacDonald lived on Big Lagoon flat and at Elk Camp. He had up to 150 pack mules & packed goods to Orleans Bar. Hans Hendriksen came to Stone Lagoon in 1896 and ran a small hotel or stopping place, where Tom Miles now lives. The hotel burned in the early 1920's. Hans went back to Norway, then came back in 1900 & bought 160 acres surrounding the Little Red Hen area , from John Alderson, a bachelor , who had lived with John Plitch at Dry Lagoon. Julius Foss was an early settler whose grandson Mevin still operates the family farm.