The Pioneer School

This one room country school was built about the year 1880 on a site nine miles north and west of the City of Cozad. The school was called "The Adle School" because it was on Adle land. In the one room was a big coal burning stove. Every day the pail of water was carried to school until eventually a pump was put outdoors near the schoolhouse. This was a very active school, not only full of students in the daytime, but many evening community activities were held there. There was a neighborhood PTA, a Literary Society, and a Grange Group that met there monthly. There were parties, programs, box suppers and even dances held there.

In the 1950's some consolidation of schools began. After the closing of the school it was purchased by Dorothy and Archie Smith and they in turn gave it to the Cozad Historical Society in 1960. The school was placed south of Cozad for many years waiting for a permanent location. In the spring of 1985 the Robert Henri Museum and Historical Walkway Foundation