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The Douthat Creek School, located on Douthat Creek, two and three-quarters mile from Rt. 39 near Minnehaha Springs. Originally called Lonely Dale School, it was established about 1867 and closed in 1937.
Courtesy of Pocahontas Co. Historical Society, ID PHS002487

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