CHAPTER 8
EDUCATION AND MEDICAL CARE Schools of Tooele County Education has been important in the county since the early years of settlement. 1 A small log building was built in Tooele in 1850 for use for church services and school classes. This building was moved into the first fort, and was later moved in 1854 to the new townsite near the former settlement. William B. Adams and his wife, Mary Tuttle, were the first schoolteachers. The combination church and schoolhouse was replaced by a larger adobe structure about I860. 2 In the early years of settlement school supplies were almost nonexistent and classes were often held on an irregular basis. Tuition was usually paid in produce, and more than one child in a family could attend school if tuition for one was paid—the children taking turns attending classes. Teachers were hard to find due to the poor remuneration and the other necessities of establishing settlements. Nevertheless, on 3 July 1852, John Rowberry, Peter Maughan, and George Bryan were a p p o i n t e d schoolteacher examiners for the county. E.M. Green was elected the first Tooele C o u n t y Superintendent of Schools on 6 March I860. 3 194
