Memories of Dixon Middle School
MEMORIES OF DIXON MIDDLE SCHOOL By Vicki L Bishop My column may be known as “Over the Back Fence”, but today I would like to chat about the view that I had from my front porch much of my life--a view of the Dixon Middle School. My great grandparents moved to Dixon from rural Maries County just over 100 years ago and purchased a house roughly across from where the middle school is now located. A small plot of land is still currently owned by the family, but originally the parcel contained between 2-3 acres that now includes 4 parcels, 3 houses and a shop building. Something else that happened 100 years ago was the construction of a high school. Prior to this all grades attended school in another building across town that was built around 1905. The high school was constructed in 1926 and separated older/younger grades and was perched on a small hill across from my great grandparents’ homestead. ...
