ASHLAND

Colors:  Red and White
Mascot:  Eagle

Ashland School District A-1 was laid out and organized on February 18, 1908.  The first meeting as held on March 21, 1908.  The school district changed boundaries on August 28, 1919.  Springhill School District #44 in Coal County was annexed to Ashland on July 5, 1957.  Ashland School District A-1 or 77 was annexed to Stuart, Hughes County; Coalgate, Coal County; Haywood and Kiowa, Pittsburg County on April 26, 1963.

Ashland school was annexed to Kiowa on April 6, 1966 and the school closed for good.

The Ashland School system started with a large grade school, but only had 2 years of high school; consequently, those who wanted to finish had to go to another school--some boarded and some moved away.  Later with the coming of cars, car pools got some to Kiowa, Coalgate, and Stuart.  Kiowa later established a bus route.

Many of the students walked several miles to get to school or rode horseback, and they had one school wagon.  Teaching supplies were scarce and students had to purchase their own books.  These could be passed down or sold, so they took very good care of them.  

Class of 1946

Class of 1949