CHAPTER 16 SLATERVILLE SCHOOLS The first school we have any knowledge of was held in a private home located in the vicinity of Pioneer Road and Highway 84 under the supervision of a teacher named Hastings. A year or so later another private school under the supervision of a teacher named William Burton was started in the south part of the settlement. In 1857 a log building that stood on what is now the Farr West Stake Welfare Farm was purchased from Dudley Chase, original owner of the farm, and moved to the corner of property in Slaterville belonging to Edwin W. Smout, located north of Pioneer Road. School held in this building, supplemented by private schools, took care of the educational needs of a growing community until 1860 when the school population had outgrown educational accomodations. The Slaterville School District was organized in 1861 with a Board of Trustees composed of Thomas Thomas, Edwin W. Smout, and John Hudman. Under their supervision an adobe building was erected a few rods south of the present Slaterville Town Park bowery. We are informed that Henry Bartholomew was the first teacher employed at the new school. In 1871 the adobe building burned down and a new frame building was immediately erected on the corner where the Vern Bowman family is located (2197 West 250 North) at a cost of $1100. Pupils attending school for several years had to adhere to the established custom of buying their books and paying a fee each month, usually $3 for the teacher's service. Slaterville School, 1871-1894. Courtesy Judy DeVries 55 397