In this photograph, a teacher and students stand in front of a sod schoolhouse in Woods County, in what was then the Oklahoma Territory.
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In this photograph, a teacher and students stand in front of a sod schoolhouse in Woods County, in what was then the Oklahoma Territory.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior.
National Archives Identifier: 516448
Full Citation: Photograph 48-RST-7B-97; Teacher and Children in Front of Sod Schoolhouse. Woods Co., Okla. Terr.; ca. 1895; Photographs Accompanying Reports to the Secretary of the Interior, 1887 – 1930; Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Record Group 48; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/sod-schoolhouse/, January 12, 2026]
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