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Morehouse Parish Training School Preservation
​Mr. Steptoe and Teachers

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Morehouse Parish Training School History

There were few schools in Morehouse Parish before 1926. In the early years, schools for blacks in Bastrop were under the auspices of the Baptist and Methodist churches, St. John and Mt. Olive.
Schools were only operated for two months in the summer and two months in the winter. The first two teachers were Mr. R. G. Steptoe of Roanoke, Virginia and Mrs. Viola Harrison, also of Virginia.
In 1913-14, the black citizens of Morehouse wanted more education for their children and the Morehouse Parish School Board appropriated $1,500 for the construction and maintenance of a black school in or near Bastrop in accordance with the provisions of the Jan F. Slater Fund.
                                                                                                                                                                                  
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Girls Dormitory
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Mr. Steptoe Addressing Boarders  and Host Families
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First Morehouse Parish Training School Graduates
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Classroom Building
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Raised Bed Boxes
Classroom Building
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Boys Dormitory
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Boys Workshop
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  • Morehouse School Reunion
  • Welcome
  • News/Events
  • REFLECTIONS OF MOReHOUSE
    • Henry Cotton
    • Sporting News
    • Robert Brown
    • Morehouse Interviews
    • Photo Gallery >
      • Reunion Pictures
      • Class of 1966
      • Opening Ceremony Pictures
      • Fish Fry Pictures
      • Parade Pictures
      • Banquet Pictures
      • Worship Service Pictures
      • Class of 1969
    • Bob Love >
      • NBA
    • Willie Bowie
    • Willie Parker
    • Lucious Jackson
    • Charles Ross Strickland >
      • Video
      • Puff Ditch
      • Strick66 News
    • Message to Morehouse
    • Morehouse 100 Years Parade
    • Morehouse Memorabilia Exhibit
    • Willie Wilson
    • 2014 Reunion Photos
    • Morehouse High Initiative
  • History
    • William D. Grant
    • Bernice Sims Perry
    • Morehouse High History
    • Rexford G. Steptoe
    • Anthoine Hugo Jackson, Sr
    • Letita Mae Channell
    • Henry A. Dillon
    • Henry V. Adams
    • John L. Smith
    • Nurse Harriet G. Foster
    • Superintendent 's Report
  • In Memoriam
    • In Memoriam- Faculty
    • Dr. William Alexander
    • Dr. Billye G. Burns
    • Mildred Lanier Dickerson
    • John Henry Washington, Jr.
    • Milton Jackson, Sr.
    • Dorothy Bell Gundy- Washington
    • Lizzie Sanders Smith
    • Alfred Twymon
  • Vietnam Veterans
    • Armed Forces
    • Contact Form