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Old 08-21-2007, 09:14 AM   #4
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There were a few public schools prior to 1870 but not much is known. There were only 1200 pupils in the entire parish. Public school #1 was co-ed known as the McCreery School and later the Baker St. School 1878-1898. #2 was the Shreveport Female Institute at Crockett and Market. #3 the Caddo Academy, an all male school at Travis and Louisiana. They were merged and called the Edwards St. School which closed in 1907. Three colored schools were also organized at this time, Peters at Marshall and Franklin 1872-1904, C.C. Antoine at Caddo and Marshall 1876-1904, and #6 at Crockett and Cotton where Texas Ave. intersects 1876-1883. In 1892 the first high school was established and space was rented at the YMCA, until Shreveport High was completed at Hope and Snow 1899-1925. From 1928-1956 there were only Byrd, Fair Park and Central Colored, which closed when BTW opened in 1956. Woodlawn 1959 Shreve and Northwood 1968. Eric Brock's Shreveport. Go buy it.
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