<a href="http://pocahontastimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2015/06/Pres.-Poca.web_.jpg"><img src="http://pocahontastimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2015/06/Pres.-Poca.web_-296x300.jpg" alt="Pres. Poca.web" width="296" height="300" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-9179" /></a> 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 Access the “Preserving Pocahontas” Digital Library at pocahontaspreservation.org or preservingpocahon tas.org If you have historical record or photographs to be scanned for the county Historical Archive contact Preservation Officer B. J. Gudmundsson at 304-799-3989 or email info@pocahontaspreservation.org Prints of photographs from the archives are available.
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