1893 First High School Graduating Class--Photo of the Day

The first high school graduating class of  the Payson Public Schools was in 1893.  The class attended school in the old Central School located on Main Street and Third South.  The class consisted of thirteen class members and one instructor.  On the back of the 16 x 20 inch photo,  it listed the class members gave information about each one.  More than half of the class graduated from college in 1897.  The class must have consisted on members from some of the more wealthy families of the community since most students at that time completed their education with the first eight grades.  One of the class members, Henry Erlandson, went on to become a Mayor of Payson and a businessman in the community.  He was one of the founders of Central Lumber which later became Chase Lumber then Money Lumber and Hardware and now it is known as Ace Hardware.

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