Fairbury Echoes Museum
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    • Tartars Marching Band and Concerts 1977-1984 Photos and Articles
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    • Transcribed Copy of 1977 Second Edition of Stuffed Clubs and Antimacassars by Alma Lewis James
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School Stories 

  1.  Schools
    1. Fairbury Area Country Schools
    2. Names and locations of all 299 Country Schools in Livingston County. 
    3. Typical Design of Fairbury area Country Schools
    4. Recollections of Mary Frances Rigsby of being a Student at the Pearson Country School.
    5. Recollections of Mary Frances Rigsby of being a Teacher at the Avoca Country School.
    6. 2022 Presentation on Country Schools by Dale C. Maley
    7. Articles explaining how country schools were funded.
    8. Fairbury School History
    9. Illinois State Boy's Reformatory at Pontiac
    10. Edison School Meteorite Mystery
    11. Fairbury-Cropsey School Consolidation
    12. Prairie Central School Consolidation
    13. How Fairbury-Cropsey got the nickname of Tartars
    14. History of Bright's Corner country school northwest of Fairbury.
Contact Us — Telephone: 815-692-2191 | Mail: 126 West Locust, Fairbury, IL 61739