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By Jane Margolies on Tuesday, Jun. 7, 2016 - 2:16 pm
Above: The Maynard School in Bovina. Photo by Stephen O’Grady.
Children once walked from their families’ far-flung farms to the Maynard School, a one-room schoolhouse in the Delaware County town of Bovina, cutting across fields to minimize the mileage.... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, May. 31, 2010 - 8:13 pm
In honor of the holiday, Bovina historian Ray LaFever looks all the way back to the Civil War:
Bovina lost eleven young men in the actual war: Sinclair Burns, Andrew G. Chisholm, Solomon Coulter, Robert Dysert, James C. Elliott, Thomas Elliott, William T... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2010 - 11:52 am
With the 2010 Census coming up, Bovina historian Ray LaFever takes a look back at the 1910 Census, and sees some familiar names among the town's 912 listed residents.
Grace Coulter, who later married Dave Roberts and lived on Maple Avenue, was less than a... Read more
