Her 55 year old father, Henry, was working as a laborer at a railroad tie plant, which was likely the American Creosote Company on the south side of Marion on Rt. 37 where Short Brothers is now located. Continue reading
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Girls Want to Play Basketball
This group of elementary school girls and their mothers gathered in protest outside the Logan School gym Monday afternoon, October 28, 1974, while tryouts for boy’s basketball teams were being held inside.
The mothers said the demonstration was arranged to protest the lack of similar athletic programs for girls. They said their daughters had been barred from tryouts. They said the board of education was sympathetic. Continue reading
(Photos courtesy of the Williamson County Historical Society)
The rapid increase in Marion’s population from 1900 (2,510) to 1920 (9,582) made providing adequate school facilities a serious problem. A new high school was required. Continue reading
The first free school in Marion was organized in 1956 immediately following the legislative enactment of 1853 which provided for the maintenance of schools by public taxation. Prior to this, from 1836, subscription schools of varying degrees of excellence were maintained at irregular intervals. Continue reading