Moore School

In 1906, pioneers settling on the frontier north of Big Spring set aside four acres and built a one-room school after rancher Sid Moore offered land for sale to farmers. The first term had one teacher and fifteen students and lasted six months. A second teacher was hired in 1908, with a curtain partitioning the classrooms, and both the school and the community were named for Moore. The school became the center of community life, even hosting a double wedding on its front steps, while trustees handled administration, repairs, and maintenance. Hard times struck the community, especially in 1917, when young men were lost in World War I and an influenza epidemic caused devastation. A teacher residence was added in 1933, and a 1934 bond election funded an enlargement of the school and construction of a gymnasium. On February 26, 1945, fire destroyed the school and adjoining buildings, and it was never rebuilt; the district was discontinued and partitioned under the Gilmer-Aiken School Law in 1949.

Texas · United States