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A photograph of the former Salem Hills one-room schoolhouse after it had been turned into the Waldhauser family home.

A photograph, taken from Lois Glewwe'sHistory of Inver Grove Heights, of the two-story, four-classroom brick schoolhouse built for the residents of Inver Grove village in 1882.

A reprinted photograph of the District #7 schoolhouse in use from 1872-1882, located on the Manning farm along Doane Road (present-day River Road) at approximately 72nd Street.

A newspaper clipping relaying the April 1872 fire at the District #7 schoolhouse, located on present-day River Road (then Doane Road) near 76th Street. Losses were estimated at $500, with the building insured for $200.

Written in the spirit of the 1976 national bicentennial, this book documents 122 years of schooling in Common School District #7, what would eventually be known as Inver Grove Elementary. It includes selected photographs from the 1880s through 1976,…