A bell cast in Ohio was placed in the Chenoa School in 1867 and moved in 1911 to one of the towers of the new Chenoa Grade and High School. During the 1950s it was removed and dedicated to the memory of Maude Henline, who lived from 1881 to 1965 and was a long-time teacher of Latin, Math, and Commercial subjects at Chenoa High School. After the Chenoa School District merged with Prairie Central, the monument was moved from the grade school to its present location. The bell is also dedicated to the memory of John Harkrider, a custodian who rang it almost every school day for 30 years from 1917 to 1947.