Wise
County, North Texas
Schools Between Alvord and Chico
West Academy & Prairie Point Schools
Email - Sue@WiseCountyTexas.info
We have a few pictures and yearbooks from the following other
schools. Contributions to these pages are greatly appreciated.
West Academy School
This school was close to Pleasant Grove
Cemetery #3 (East of Chico)
(Identified by the Wise County Heritage Museum Staff)
(click on these 3 school pictures to make them larger)
Below is part of a 1930 map of the Wise County School Districts (The Schools shown above and below were in this area)
Prairie Point School
(Identified by the Wise County Heritage Museum Staff)
Below is a picture sent in by Cathy Seifert c.c.seifert@sbcglobal.net
She writes,
"I'm going to attach a picture
but don't really know where it is. What I will tell you is what is written on
the back, "C.A Champion, Allen Champion, Route 1 Alvord, Tx". Allen,
born in 1900, is the youngest son of C.A. I've asked my Aunt (daughter of Allen)
to see if she recognizes anyone in the photo and she is struggling with anyone
for sure, has some suggestions but nothing for sure. If it is in the era of C.A.
there is no one I know of that could speak to that, but it looks later than the
1870's which would be the time frame he should have been schooled. C.A. (Charlie
Augustus Champion) is buried in Alvord Cemetery, raised his family outside of
Alvord between Chico and Alvord and most of the children attended either Prairie
Point school or Chico school. Please note: while I've named this T. Allen
Champion School is doesn't mean that is correct!!
What I can tell you is that C.A. Champion moved to Denton Co
TX in 1871 with parents Charles D. and Sarah Champion (he was born in 1867 in
TN, the youngest of 7), two years later moved to Wise Co. (Catlett Creek), a few
years later moved to Alvord. I know the John C. Champion family farm was east of
the town and was past Sandy Creek (one of his daughters, Bobbie died as a
teenager in WWI flu epidemic, buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery #3 off of 1655
because Sandy Creek was overflowing at the time and could not get her to the
Alvord Cemetery where the rest of the family was buried)."
Identification of school by Wise County Heritage Museum: