Nickleville School
Nickleville School #63
Wells
Ballard Street
Wylie, Texas
The post office at Nickleville was established in 1883. It is said that the name came from “No one in the area was worth a plug nickle.” Nickleville District #63 was first established in 1884 and was taught in the Shiloh Baptist Church. Uncle Henry” and “Aunt Sallie” Callaway gave the first ground for the Shiloh Baptist Church in 1884. Rev. Benjamin Bishop was the first pastor of that church.
The school district included all territory east of Pleasant Grove School at FM 1378 and south of Morris #10 at St. Paul to the Dallas County Line and extended to the west side of SH 205. There was a heavily traveled, east-west road through the southern part of the area that went across the East Fork of the Trinity River bottoms. Settlement in the area was mostly along this road. Some of the first schools were there also.
From the beginning all of the rural schools around the Nickleville area were listed together as School District #63. This included Cottonbelt #63, Lone Elm #63 and Nickleville #63. In 1890 the Nickleville District #63 had 215 students. Its first teacher was W. W. Shepherd who came from McCarty Normal School in Wylie.
Nickleville High School was built by F. L. McCarty. Boys came from other towns to go there, and it became a well-known learning institution in the county. When the railroad came through in 1886, the old Nickleville High School was moved to Wylie and used as a hotel. In 1890 this school district was called Wells.
By 1901 the Wylie Independent School District #63was created. Two men who were prominent in getting this established were G. W. Housewright and T. Frank Birmingham. Rough and Ready School merged with Wylie about 1900.
Wells
Ballard Street
Wylie, Texas
The post office at Nickleville was established in 1883. It is said that the name came from “No one in the area was worth a plug nickle.” Nickleville District #63 was first established in 1884 and was taught in the Shiloh Baptist Church. Uncle Henry” and “Aunt Sallie” Callaway gave the first ground for the Shiloh Baptist Church in 1884. Rev. Benjamin Bishop was the first pastor of that church.
The school district included all territory east of Pleasant Grove School at FM 1378 and south of Morris #10 at St. Paul to the Dallas County Line and extended to the west side of SH 205. There was a heavily traveled, east-west road through the southern part of the area that went across the East Fork of the Trinity River bottoms. Settlement in the area was mostly along this road. Some of the first schools were there also.
From the beginning all of the rural schools around the Nickleville area were listed together as School District #63. This included Cottonbelt #63, Lone Elm #63 and Nickleville #63. In 1890 the Nickleville District #63 had 215 students. Its first teacher was W. W. Shepherd who came from McCarty Normal School in Wylie.
Nickleville High School was built by F. L. McCarty. Boys came from other towns to go there, and it became a well-known learning institution in the county. When the railroad came through in 1886, the old Nickleville High School was moved to Wylie and used as a hotel. In 1890 this school district was called Wells.
By 1901 the Wylie Independent School District #63was created. Two men who were prominent in getting this established were G. W. Housewright and T. Frank Birmingham. Rough and Ready School merged with Wylie about 1900.
