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Schools

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Click on picture to read the article from the Wadena Pioneer Journal printed in 1981.

First Graduation Class

A First—
Maria Fuller Jones taught first regular term of school and E.H. Fourt was first High School grad in 1886

First parochial

First parochial build here in 1903

The Original School

The Original School

School in 1903

The Wadena Public School in 1903

Elementary School

Present Elementary School

Uptown Cafe

Present Junior High School

Senior High School

Present Senior High School

more postcards and photos of the past

See our historic photos page for more postcards and photos of the past

 

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