Eagle School, District 71, was organized Nov. 10, 1885 being named for the
  township in which it was located. Albert and Hattie Snider deeded one acre
  of land to be used for the school. The first schoolhouse was built in 1886,
  by Mr. Durbin, a patron of the district. It was a large wooden structure 
  facing west. The equipment and schoolhouse was valued at $1,000.
     In 1886 Eagle School was taught by Miss Sadie Owens. She held a 3rd Grade
  County Certificate. The length of the term was 12 weeks, with salary of $28 
  per month, making a total of $84 for the entire term. There were 17 pupils
  enrolled. The School Census of the district was 27. School Board members
  were W.B. Smith, O.F. Throckmorton, and C.B. Hudson. The balance on hand of
  the District Treasurer on Aug. 1, 1886 was $46. The total amount received
  during the year for school purposes was $671.95. The amount paid for the
  building and equipment in 1887 was $787.18.
     School was not held in the schoolhouse in the year 1894-95, but it was
  held instead in a vacant house.
     The old schoolhouse was torn down in 1914 and was rebuilt about 75 feet 
  North of the original building. It is a large stucco building consisting of
  one room with a coal house on the porch. The cost of the new building was
  estimated at $1,000.
     Teachers who taught at Eagle School were Amos Statt (taught 3 months in
  1886 at $25 per month), Sadie Owens, F.J. Fash, E.A. Jones, W.C. Matthews,
  Edna Hawkins, Mary Olson, Esther Lusk, P.B. Sheriff, H.H. Burton, Dollie
  Colborn, Alice Mac Gregor, Cora Springer, Priscilla Ogden, Minervia Thither,
  J.J. Dudley, Z. Stewart, E. Hagerman, Carrie Watkins, Herbert Lagram, Letha
  Oliver, Mabel Herr, Mildred Sims, Pauline Philbert, Agnes Spurgeon, Alpha
  Conaway Miller, Edith Tyser, Violet Conner, Esther Revert, Margaret Benedict,
  Evaline Walker Clawson, Joy Miller, Verda Berry, Isabelle Byers, Eva Rogers,
  Lois Hensley, and Wilma Bell.
     The roster of family names who attended Eagle School include Purcival,
  Wible, Shumate, Bissell, Smith, Hudson, Throckmorton, Snider, Moser, Rines,
  Neugrachl, O.J. Ogden, Kelbaugh, Dumall, David Angell, White, Al Wheat, 
  Bassett, Leonard Ott, Crumpacker, J.E. Lasswell, Modlin, Allen Lasswell,
  Lewis, Ed Wilson, C.J. Conner, Will Angell, John Angell, Frank Bell, Harley
  Goble, Birdsell, Dave Blunk, Lee Ott, L. Doud, Emory Miller, Charles Revert,
  Sims, Dale, Funk, Fred Roth, Victor Barker, Kin Bowman, Kingsolver, Toby, 
  Charles Bell, Jim Hendrix, Geroge Reed, Elmer Angell Jr., and Oliver Bell.
     Eagle School was a popular meeting place for social gatherings such as
  Ciphering and Spelling Matches. Itinerant preachers held revival meetings.
  It is remembered that the funeral of Jimmy Bowman was held at the school. 
  He was killed in a hunting accident on the Ellis Ranch in Jan. 1910, and
  his body was hauled by spring hack to Lodi Cemetery by John Angell.
     The school closed in 1964, students being sent to Dry Creek School. The
  last students were Randall Angell and Will Bell. Members of the last school
  board were Mrs. Rachel Bowman, John Blunk, and Gene Bell.
     
  
                  
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 23
     Submitted by Wilma Bell