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Pine Mountain Settlement School
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SCRAPBOOK BEFORE 1929: “On the Banks of the Red Bird”<\/h2>\n

TAGS: \u00a0<\/strong>Red Bird Settlement School ; schools ; education ; Red Bird River ; Bell County, KY ; settlement schools ; religion ; Mud Lick Creek ; hospitals ; SIA ; work-study programs ; roads ;<\/p>\n

Red Bird Settlement School<\/h2>\n

Red Bird Settlement School (Red Bird Mission, Inc.) was established formally in 1921 by Rev. J.J. DeWall, though this article notes it was in operation\u00a0in 1917, just four years after Pine Mountain Settlement School was founded. Located in Bell County, at the headwaters of the Red Bird river where it intersects Mud Lick creek, the school began much like Pine Mountain with an agricultural emphasis and included a demonstration farm, a dairy and a sorghum mill. . \u00a0Founded as a sectarian institution, the school received funding support from the Evangelical United Brethren\u00a0church before they later consolidated with the Methodist church. It is included in the survey of “Settlement Institutions in Southern Appalachia,”\u00a0by Loren Kramer one of<\/p>\n

The institution is included in the survey of “Settlement Institutions in Southern Appalachia,”\u00a0by Loren Kramer one of several interns who assembled data on Southern Appalachian Settlement institutions. Working as part of the Resource Development Project of the Southern Regional Education Board in Atlanta, Georgia, which assembled the data on the identified settlement schools of the region, Kramer describes the school as represented in the 1960’s as primarily operating on government funded programs. It’s programs and services included a strong Church and Sunday School program with several outposts. The educational program included a High School of 180 student and 85 Elementary school pupils. Seventy-five of the students were\u00a0boarding student who participated in a work-study program.<\/p>\n

In addition to the educational program, RedBird Mission ran a 22 bed hospital staffed with three doctors and clinic services. The hospital and clinic served some 22,000 – 25,000 patients annually.<\/p>\n

“On the Banks of the Red Bird (1918)”
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