northern part of the county. There is one school in the district. The old log school house was last year replaced by a convenient frame building.

District No. 11, recently cut off from the Sheridan district, lies upon both Prairie Dog Creek and Cat Creek It has two schools.

District No. 12 is situated in the extreme northern part of the county upon Pass Creek. This district has one school.

District No. 14 is situated in the southern part of the county. It has one large, ungraded school.

District No. 15 has this one peculiarity of lying “Over the Range" from the other districts of the county. It has one small school.

District No. 16 is found in the valley of Lower Tongue River. This district has two schools.

District No. 17 is in the northern part of the county, and has one school.

District No. 18, recently cut off from District No. 1, has one school.

District No. 19, in the extreme northern part of the county, was recently cut off from District No. 12. It has one school.

District No. 20, cut off from No. 12, has one school. District No. 21, in the eastern part of the county, of recent formation, has one school.

District No. 22, in southeastern part of the county, has

one school.

MRS. S. MINNIE PAXTON,

County Superintendent.

SWEETWATER COUNTY.

District No. 1, east of county seat.

situate at Point of Rocks, forty miles No school here at present for lack of

sufficient children of school age.

District No. 2, situate at Green River, the county seat, has a $5,000.00 frame school building. Only three of the six rooms are used at present. Three teachers are employed at salaries of $65.00 to $85.00 per month. One hundred and fifty-eight pupils are enrolled, including an accredited high school. School year of ten months.

District No. 3, situate 65 miles east of the county seat, is a small country school held in the upper room of a section house; eight pupils enrolled and the common branches taught.

District No. 4, situate at Rock Springs, 15 miles east of the county seat, has a fine stone school house costing $20,000.00; two stories and basement containing eight rooms, principal's office, two play rooms, store room and janitor's dwelling house. It is heated by steam. Eight teachers are employed, with salaries of $60.00 per month for primary and intermediate teachers, $70.00 for assistant principal and $125 per month for principal. Six hundred and twentyeight pupils are enrolled, including the high school. There is also a private night school here, with an enrollment of twenty-four to fifty, most of whom are boys from fourteem to twenty years of age, who are obliged to work during the day.

District No. 5, at Burnt Fork, about 65 miles southwest of the county seat, is a typical country school with the log school house of our fathers, has an enrollment of twenty pupils from six to twenty years of age. The common branches are taught.

District No. 6, at Granger, about thirty-five miles west of the county seat, is without a school building, but school will commence soon in a rented building.

District No. 7, at Vermillion. There is a small school held in a spare room of a ranch; eight scholars, and the common branches are taught.

District No. 8, at Henry's Fork, about forty-five miles south of county seat. This district owns two log school houses; has nine pupils. The common branches are taught. Term, about four and one-half months.

District No. 9, at Hopkins', a new mining camp about three miles south of Rock Springs, is without a school house, but the Sweetwater Coal Company kindly donated the use of a vacant office, which makes a very pleasant school room. Twenty-four pupils are enrolled; the common branches taught; had school of nine months last year. MRS. SARAH SHEDDEN,

County Superintendent.

UINTA COUNTY.

The thirty-four school districts of Uinta County are scattered over a tract of country extending one hundred and fifty miles from north to south and about seventy-five miles from east to west. Many of them are situated at a distance from any line of railroad, and reached only by long stage rides over the mountains.

Evanston, the largest of the districts, has a fine brick school building, with well graded schools, reaching in the upper rooms a high school grade, where pupils are prepared for entering the Wyoming University, making it an accredited high school.

The Principal, Prof. J. B. Logue, is a very pleasant gentleman, as well as a successful teacher. He has nine assistant teachers in the different departments, and the number of pupils enrolled is over six hundred.

The Almy district is located in a coal mining region, and is the second largest in the county, having an enrollment of five hundred and ninety pupils, and employing a corps of seven teachers. There are Principals at two different points, Messrs. Wm. Beveridge and E. Stevenson, both teachers of ability and experience, and the schools under their charge are in a prosperous condition.

Afton and neighboring districts, (often called Star Valley,) although situated in a remote part of the county, are much interested in the cause of education, and their. schools and teachers would be a credit to any section. They employ about ten teachers, and enroll about five hundred pupils.

There are also large and flourishing schools at Cokeville, Piedmont and Big Piney. At the latter of these places, a ranching neighborhood, the pupils are so scattered that they attend school on horseback, often coming a distance of six or eight miles. It is a sight both novel and pleasant to see them dashing up, full of life and enthusiasm, and it is much to their credit, that no school in the county reports a better attendance than theirs.

Many other schools though smaller are no less interested and flourishing, and children often come long distances braving difficulties, of which those in thickly settled communities bave no conception.

Over fifty teachers are employed in the county, there being about an equal number of ladies and gentlemen. Salaries range from $45 to $50 in district schools, from $65 to $75 in larger places. Number of pupils enrolled is about two thousand, a larger number than in any other county of the State, according to the last annual report.

The people of Uinta county have reason to be pleased with the progress already made in educational matters, and if the interest thus far shown is continued and the appropriations as liberal as in the past, the time will soon come

when the children of Uinta county will have advantages second to none, even in this land, where the importance of education and the advancement of its interests have always had a first place in the hearts of the citizens.

MISS E. F. STRONG,

County Supt. Schools.

WESTON COUNTY.

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In compliance with your request, I write you a brief description of the schools of Weston County. You will no doubt remember that two years ago we had but one school in Weston County, that in Newcastle, with an enrollment of about sixty pupils, and employed but one teacher. now have in the public school, Newcastle, an enrollment of one hundred and twenty-six, divided into three grades, with Prof. A. L. Putnam, of St. Paul, as Principal, Miss E. C. Patterson and Miss Eva Ogden, assistants.

On a slight eminence overlooking the city of Newcastle has been erected a magnificent school building, at a cost of $10,000.00. The building is of brick and our native white sandstone, planned by Conver & Porter, architects of Madison, Wis. It is beautifully finished and furnished, thoroughly ventilated, and heated by the Ruttan system. Of her school and school building Newcastle is justly proud.

The first school in Cambria was opened in March, 1891, with an enrollment of thirty pupils. We now have in the same school an enrollment of about seventy-five, have nine months' school, and employ two teachers: Miss Luella Roadifer, Principal; Miss Laura Clay, assistant. At Cambria, has just been completed a new school building, at a cost of $2,500.00, which is well finished and furnished.

At the Beaver Creek, Briar Hill and Gupton schools we have six months' school during the year, and about