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Lake City, Florida: A Sesquicentennial Tribute (2009) H. Morris Williams, Dr. Kevin M. McCarthy















                                                Columbia High School

                                     Columbia High School, which had previously been known as
                              the Peabody Institute, was begun in 1889 at 200 West St. Johns
                              Street. The graduating class in those early years usually had 8 - 12
                              students. The curriculum consisted of courses in Algebra, Arithmetic,
                              Geography, Geometry, Grammar, History, Latin, Penmanship, Phys-
                              ics, Physiology, and Spelling.




                                    Scenes from around Lake City in the 1880s


































                                   The First Baptist Church Sunday School class in 1888.
                                 Identified in the photograph are (back row) Edith Knight,
                                Belle McFarlane, Rose Douglass, and Nina Roberts. Middle
                                  row: Lou Jones, Tom C. Chalker (teacher), Vida Barnett,
                                       and Bertha Edge. Front row: Carrie Roberts,
                                           Lonnie Sheppard, and May Vinzant.

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