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Important Dates In Gideon's History Page borrowed from Gideon School District Website.
1900--The lumber company began 1901--First railroad to Gideon 1902-03--Lumber company built first school 1904--First post office built 1905--First power plant in Gideon 1906--Stave mill put in 1909--Gideon town incorporated 1910--Little Walnut School built 1912--Peanut School built 1913--Milburn School built 1915--Tallapoosa School built 1915--Brick school built in Gideon 1915--"Idle Hour" Theater built 1917--First class graduated from G.H.S. 1918--Hartzell School built 1920--Cottrill & Floodway schools built 1921--New addition to high school built 1922--First cotton gin constructed 1923--First Old Settler's Day, April 20 1923--Girl's New Madrid County Champs 1925--SEMO Football Champs 1931--First library built -Box Factory Established 1937--Present-day high school built 1941-42--Basketball Team District Champs 1947-48--Track Team County Champs 1947--School Lunch $.12 per day 1950--Debate Team won District Tournament 1956--Basketball Team New Madrid County Champs 1958-59--Present-day Gymnasium Built 1961-62--Cafeteria burned and rebuilt 1965--Approximately sixty-four seniors 1970--Bill Cunningham--All State in Football 1971--Mark Littell signed with Kansas City Royals 1974--Keith Maddox--All American in Football 1974--Seventh-grade Basketball Team Undefeated 1985--Lori Blackburn--SEMO University Writing Achievement Award for Fiction 1987--Christi Rankin--SEMO University Writing Achievement Award for Essay 1986,'87,'89,'91--District Volleyball Champs 1987-90--First Place SEMO Marching Contest #1 Class A Band in the Bootheel 1991--Media Center Remodeled
1. Records & data collected by students in 1920 & '23 2. School records 3. 1945-91 yearbooks
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