“Silent watch”
Bird Creek is a two-room school built by the WPA, Works Progress Administration, which made a significant impact on Oklahoma with approximately 119,000 people employed between 1935 and 1937, the building or improving of 651,000 miles of roads, as well as the erection or improvement of 125,110 buildings.
Its construction started in 1938, was completed in 1939, and It was a small country school for District 17 that got its name from the nearby Bird Creek, that runs throughout Osage County.
At the time it was considered one of the most modern and advanced schools of its kind in the state. From the instruction that students received there to the actual building itself, it was way ahead of its time, as it introduced a modern facility with advanced instructional teachings, and by providing job opportunities to some of the impoverished workmen in the area.
It served the small rural towns around it, but not much is known about the school or its students.
At the time it was considered one of the most modern and advanced schools of its kind in the state. From the instruction that students received there to the actual building itself, it was way ahead of its time, as it introduced a modern facility with advanced instructional teachings, and by providing job opportunities to some of the impoverished workmen in the area.
It served the small rural towns around it, but not much is known about the school or its students.
It closed sometime in the 1960s, it was used as a community center for a while and was later abandoned.
Some local sources spoke of an outdoor living camp for students in the district that would be held at the Bird Creek School where students would live off the land and study wildlife, water conservation and pollution.
It seems that the current owners acquired it from a trade by giving up dirt for the nearby landfill, and in return they were given the school which their mother happened to be a former student
Some local sources spoke of an outdoor living camp for students in the district that would be held at the Bird Creek School where students would live off the land and study wildlife, water conservation and pollution.
It seems that the current owners acquired it from a trade by giving up dirt for the nearby landfill, and in return they were given the school which their mother happened to be a former student