In 1902 homesteaders had begun farming here, and by 1909 their children needed education, so the parents hauled lumber by wagon from Big Spring, about 100 miles south, donated labor, and built a one-room schoolhouse, the first public school in Hockley County, named for a wild prairie flower. Classes began Dec. 13, 1909, with pupils from the Ardis, Baker, Blankenship, Brown, Carter, Cowan, Dixon, Perritt, Rose, and Witherspoon families. The schoolhouse also served as a polling place, church, and public meeting hall until 1917, when Ropesville was established about a mile away with better facilities.