SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT AT THE RIGGS HOME RANCH FOR RIGGS FAMILY MEMBERS. THIS WAS THE FIRST SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT IN ARIZONA TERRITORY BY THE BRANNICK RIGGS FAMILY.

Construction of the schoolhouse started in 18xx and was completed in 1882. Riggs Home Ranch School was used until the El Dorado School was built in 1900.

THE FOLLOWING WERE TEACHERS WHO TAUGHT AT THE RIGGS HOME RANCH SCHOOLHOUSE

1883 - 1884 and 1884 - 1885: Ida Berry Lillie (married William M. Riggs on January 3 or 8 (being researched), 1884).
1885 - 1886: T.B. Stark (married Martha Riggs on December 20, 1886).
1886 - 1887 ?, The date is being researched: Eula Lee Murray (married Thomas J. Riggs on July 11, 1883).
1894 - 1895: Mary Frances Riggs (married William A. Stark on December 31, 1896).

SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT AT EL DORADO IN THE RIGGS SETTLEMENT FOR RIGGS FAMILY MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS. THIS WAS THE SECOND SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT IN ARIZONA TERRITORY BY THE BRANNICK RIGGS FAMILY.

Construction started around January 2, 1900 and was completed in time to move in on December 3, 1900.
El Dorado became a school district in Cochise County in 1890 and remained a district until 1965.
It was the El Dorado District #16.

http://www.doubleadobeschool.org/uploads/8/1/5/0/8150207/history_of_education_in_cochise_county.pdf page 9

THE FOLLOWING WERE TEACHERS WHO TAUGHT AT THE EL DORADO SCHOOLHOUSE

1890 - 1891: Unknown and being researched. Five months of school open.
(Cochise County Historical Society)
1891 - 1892: Unknown and being researched.
1892 - 1893: Unknown and being researched.
1893 - 1894: Unknown and being researched.
1894 - 1895: Unknown and being researched.
1895 - 1896: Unknown and being researched.

The following teacher names (*) were taken from the Diaries of Mary Elizabeth Riggs:

1896 - 1897: * Miss Lusk
1897 - 1898: * Miss Roberson (Robinson or Robertson?)
1898 - 1899: * Miss Roberson
1899 - 1900: * Mr. Mearona and Miss Burns

1900 - 1901: “Teacher come from Staffing” (Safford) Unknown and being researched.
1901 - 1902: * Miss Garnett and Mr. Marona
1902 - 1903: * Mr. Kemp
1903 - 1904: “A lady teacher” Unknown and being researched.
1904 - 1905: “Young lady from California is teacher” Unknown and being researched.
1905 - 1906: “School started” Unknown and being researched.
1906 - 1907: Unknown and being researched.
1907 - 1908: * Lillian Erickson
1908 - 1909: * Lillian Erickson
1909 - 1910: * Miss Marvin

1910 - 1911: * Miss Gramie (started in September, quit in October)
“Young lady teacher” Unknown and being researched.

The following teacher names were taken from the State Department of Public Instruction / Arizona Educational Directory / https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/statepubs/id/5914
1911 - 1912: Miss Mable Wolfe
1912 - 1913: Miss Reden
1913 - 1914: Miss Reddin
1914 - 1915: Miss Helon Thompson
1915 - 1916: Miss Helon Thompson
1916 - 1917: Miss Helon Thompson
1917 - 1918: Evelyn Forsythe “School started Little Martha goes”
1918 - 1919: Miss Carrie Tarver
1919 - 1920: Evelyn Weldon “California lady, teacher”

1920 - 1921: Evelyn Weldon. “Our school started today 11 children”
1921 - 1922: Miss Adams
1922 - 1923: Lena B. Kerwin
1923 - 1924: May Wood Cary
1924 - 1925: Helen T. Hendrix (1st - 4th) A.W. Hendrix (5th - 8th)
1925 - 1926: Helen T. Hendrix (1st - 5th) A.W. Hendrix (6th - 8th)
1926 - 1927: Scottie McGhee (1st - 8th) Flora Meischer, Principal (9th and 10th)
1927 - 1928: Mrs. Ruth Stidham
1928 - 1929: Mrs. Ruth Stidham (2nd - 8th)
1929 - 1930: Anna Dyson (3rd - 6th)

1930 - 1931: E. H. Goodman (1st - 8th)
1931 - 1932: E. H. Goodman (1st - 10th)
1932 - 1933: Lee Biggs, Principal (1st - 8th)
1933 - 1934: Mrs. Addie Bouton
1934 - 1935: Mrs. Addie Bouton (1st - 8th)
1935 - 1936: Mrs. Edith Camp (1st - 8th)
1936 - 1937: Mrs. Mabel Rentfrow (1st - 8th)
1937 - 1938: Mrs. Mabel Rentfrow (1st - 8th)
1938 - 1939: Mrs. Mabel Rentfrow (1st - 8th)
1939 - 1940: Mrs. Mabel Rentfrow (1st - 8th)

1940 - 1941: Violet Wilson (1st - 8th)
1941 - 1942: Violet Wilson (1st - 8th)
1942 - 1943: Ongelene Marble (1st - 8th)
1943 - 1944: Ongelene Marble (1st - 8th)
1944 - 1945: Mabel Rentfrow (1st - 8th)
1945 - 1946: Ongelene Marble (1st - 8th)
1946 - 1947: Ongelene Marble (1st - 8th)
1947 - 1948: Eliza M. Samson (1st - 8th)
1948 - 1949: Eliza M. Samson (1st - 8th)
1949 - 1950: Mary Ann Bond (1st - 8th)

1950 - 1951: Mary Ann Bond (1st - 8th)
1951 - 1952: Hanna Cooper (1st - 8th)
1952 - 1953: Mildred B. Rees (1st - 8th)
1953 - 1954: Ruth Coykendall (1st - 8th)
1954 - 1955: Marcia Ann Fitzwater (1st - 8th)
1955 - 1956: Annie Huff (1st - 8th)
1956 - 1957: Annie Huff
1957 - 1958: Annie Huff
1958 - 1959: Anne Huff (1st - 8th)
1959 - 1960: Anne Huff (1st - 8th)

1960 - 1961: under research
1961 - 1962: under research
1962 - 1963: Lillian Reed (2nd - 3rd)
1963 - 1964: under research
1964 - 1965: Mrs. Pursley
1965: El Dorado School District was closed

TEACHERS FOR THE RIGGS FAMILY