Brigham Young schoolhouse was located on the corner just east of the Beehive House. Charles R. Savage photograph, Utah State Historical Society collections.
The Two Miss Cooks: Pioneer Professionals for Utah Schools BY JILL MULVAY
1870 some three-hundred fifty teachers opened schools in Utah Territory. A few have been remembered in local histories and one or two have been preserved in bronze. Amid the forgotten hundreds are Misses Mary and Ida Cook, highly trained and professional teachers whose impact on students and teachers was felt in Utah for almost three decades.
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