Longfellow School

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="006fa9e3.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#99FFFF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Longfellow School<B>   </B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/joplin1/id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/jopli"><U><B>Joplin School </B></U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="052bca00.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="416" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Photo from <I>The Joplin News Herald, Mining-Industrial Annual Edition, </I>1915.</div> <bR> <div> The Longfellow School building in Chitwood, valued at $12,000, was struck by </div> <div> lightning.  A cornice of the school building was struck.  A part of the weather boarding</div> <div> on the northern and eastern sides of the building was torn off.  The damage was small.</div> <div> <I>The Joplin Globe, June 20, 1916</I></div> <bR> <div> According to Polk's Joplin City Directory, 1949, Longfellow was located at 3001 A St.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><script language="JavaScript1.2"> /* Disable right click script II (on images)- By Dynamicdrive.com For full source, Terms of service, and 100s DTHML scripts Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com */ var clickmessage="Please send an email if you would like a copy of this photo." function disableclick(e) { if (document.all) { if (event.button==2||event.button==3) { if (event.srcElement.tagName=="IMG"){ alert(clickmessage); return false; } } } else if (document.layers) { if (e.which == 3) { alert(clickmessage); return false; } } else if (document.getElementById){ if (e.which==3&&e.target.tagName=="IMG"){ alert(clickmessage) return false } } } function associateimages(){ for(i=0;i<document.images.length;i++) document.images[i].onmousedown=disableclick; } if (document.all) document.onmousedown=disableclick else if (document.getElementById) document.onmouseup=disableclick else if (document.layers) associateimages() </script></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>