In 1840, the earliest white settlers established a school district in Whitewater and built a small log-constructed school.  In 1844, this building was replaced with a brick structure measuring 24 x 28 feet.  The building was located on what is now the site of the Birge Fountain in front of the White Memorial Building and was known later as the “Little Brick.”     In 1854, a much larger school was built on the southeast corner of Prairie and Center Streets (now Big Brick Park). It was known as...

Prehistoric Whitewater and Native Americans Our knowledge of pre-historic Whitewater begins at the end of the “ice age,” about 10,000...

Unpublished paper given October, 2011 in Whitewater One of the most fascinating institutions of historic Whitewater was the Morris Pratt...