Payne Gap School, 1887-1943
A history of the Payne Gap School from its origin in Hamilton County in 1887 to its final year in Mills County, 1943 …
Payne Gap School
Junk Box to Jewel Box
This historic jewel box has been the storage facility for the Duncan family since Glenn Dale Duncan started ranching. Our first step in getting the Payne Gap project off the ground was to empty the schoolhouse …
Payne Gap Schoolhouse and Students Circa 1940
That’s our very own Glenn Dale Duncan (Sam’s dad), front center, with suspenders. He was about six years old when an anonymous photographer took this picture of the 1940-41 class. This is the earliest known photograph of the rock schoolhouse, which replaced an earlier wooden structure destroyed by a fire …
