This week we return to the next district in Lincklaen which shows on the map with this article that District #11 and formerly #2 was located next to the Pond District #1. As has been written numerous times, and with lack in history, repetitive, the districts were aligned so that the scholars did not have more than 1-2 miles to walk for their education. This writer regrets that no photo exists of this district, but we will assume that has been lost to the ages.

Information that Mario Poole documented in “Early Days in Lincklaen” gives us the location of the South Hill School as being on the road from the Springer Farm to North Pitcher near the Cross Road that goes to Melvin Coon’s farm. In her documentation she noted that in 1857 there were 60 pupils, but by 1907 only 10.

Again the lack of information relevant to these schools dictates the length of the article, and with this district we have basically nothing. However, when settlers first decided to settle in the now township of Lincklaen, the first priority was clearing land and rolling up a cabin. Throughout the course of history it has been documented that the male members often came on foot in the spring of the year, often working alone or perhaps with a friend so that when fall came he would have his land cleared, cabin rolled up near a spring or stream and ready to be joined by his family. Procuring his family, he would return in the spring in time for planting his crops and garden.