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| | The
Trio School ruins
Photos courtesy Stephen & Elizabeth Taylor, 2006 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Not exactly a town, Trio was actually a consolidated school and the residences
that surrounded it. The photos here are of the former school. |
| | Another
view of the Trio School
Photos courtesy Stephen & Elizabeth Taylor,
2006 |
Trio
Schoolhouse The
wood frame Live Oak School was moved to this site in 1907 and in 1915, students
from two other schools (Hackberry and Prairie View) started attending classes.
Rather than have a three-way fight over a name, a compromise was reached with
the charmless utilitarian name of Trio.
The merger required a new building
and so the brick two-story building was constructed. Grades one through ten were
taught in four classrooms while the former frame school became a teacherage.
The
Trio school was merged with the Sabinal ISD in the late 1940s and the brick school
fell into private hands where it was used for storing hay.
Locals say
that the building is haunted - and that on occasion, the sounds of children playing
can be heard on the wind.
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Photographer's note: This is the shell of
the old Trio school in eastern Uvalde County near Sabinal. The community seemed
to have revolved around the school. The building has burned, apparently in the
past few years. I suspect, based on satellite images, that it burned between 1990-96.
No cornerstone could be found..... There is nothing else left of the community.
- Stephen K. Taylor, January 09, 2006 | |
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