Early Schools of Washington Territory

"Early Schools of Washington Territoy" opens with a general resume of the growth of the school laws and the early educational contacts of the pioneers. Then county by county is told the story, keeping away as much as possible from dry statistics. Statistics are left for an appendix which gives extracts from the reports of the early county school superintendents to the territorial superintendent of public intstruction, statistics of the condition of the schools at the close of the territorial era, the school laws in the consitution and biographies of outstanding pioneer personalities. A complete index is also included, making the volume indispensable for resource, research and thesis material.