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The first settlers arrived here in 1851. A one room building was erected and used for Church and School in 1852, with Candice Smith and George Spencer and wife as teachers. In 1855 a schoolhouse was erected inside the fort, and early teachers were Martha Hayward, Thomas Ord, Andrew Love, Mary Ellen Love, John Chapman, Amy Bigler, and Martha Schofield. Later school was held in the Social Hall, and in 1894 Central School was completed. A bell was installed and used as curfew and to call the children to school.
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Nephi, Utah · United States
