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In 1905 a loaf of bread cost 4 cents, a gallon of milk 29 cents, you could buy a brand-new car for $500, and in 1905, Jordan School District was established.
On this episode of the Supercast, we take you back in time to the earliest days of Jordan School District, from historic classrooms to the first graduating class of five at Bingham High. Join us on a journey 100 years in the making with historian and retired teacher Scott Crump, who authored a book you’re about to hear all about ‘The First 100 Years: A History of Jordan School District.”
The survey to win a copy of the book has closed.
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
On this episode of the Supercast, we take you back in time to the earliest days of Jordan School District, from historic classrooms to the first graduating class of five students at Bingham High School. Join us on a journey 100 years in the making with historian and retired teacher Scott Crump, who authored a book you're about to hear all about, "The First 100 Years, A History of Jordan School District." Listen and find out how you can enter to win one of these beloved books.
We're here at Bingham High School in the alumni room talking with local historian and former Bingham High School teacher Scott Crump. Thanks for taking time with us.
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
And after that, then it just gets in your blood. So I was asked to write the history of Riverton, where I eventually would move. So I co-wrote a history of Riverton. And then was asked to write a history of the Bingham Copper Mine that they sell up at the souvenir place. So that's my biggest seller there.
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Now, most people only went to grades 1 through 8, but when you graduated from grammar school in the 1800s, that was basically it. But in the late 1800s, Utah started to have a few high schools like West and East High School or Salt Lake City High School. And so the only way you could afford that kind of education is for many communities to put in tax money to do that. So they were encouraged to do that.
So the state legislature passed a law which said that all of these smaller districts had to consolidate. So we would have the Salt Lake City School District, the Jordan School District, and the Granite School District in Salt Lake County. And that way, they then could use the money from many communities to form the 9 through 12 high school education.
So it took two years, but Jordan District would form in 1905, and then in 1907, they would organize the district's high school, which was Jordan High School. And Granite did the same. They had their district high school, Granite High School. By the next year, it was so inconvenient that people from Bingham didn't want to come down to Sandy every day to go to high school. So they formed Bingham High School in 1908 up in Bingham. So all of our area school district went to Jordan High School except for Bingham and Lark and the Bingham area on the west side.
Anthony Godfrey:
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Never miss an episode of The Supercast by liking and subscribing on your favorite podcasting platform. Find transcripts for this episode and others at supercast.jordandistrict.org.
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Find the cost of carpeting a room that is 14 feet 6 inches by 16 feet if the carpet is 3/4 of a yard wide and is worth 210 per yard? That's a very practical question.
How about this? 7/20 of a square rod is what part of an acre? 7/20 of a square rod is what part of an acre? Express the answer decimally.
Okay. Go ahead. If you're listening, send me an email with the answer to that question, would you? I'll give you a prize. I buy—oh, yeah. Okay. Let's look at grammar.
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Okay. How about this? What is the value of a tank of oil, which is 8 feet in diameter and 20 feet long—24 feet long if the oil is worth 25 cents per gallon? That's also worth a prize. Email me the answer to that one. That one's worth a prize. Okay.
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In 1905 a loaf of bread cost 4 cents, a gallon of milk 29 cents, you could buy a brand-new car for $500, and in 1905, Jordan School District was established.
On this episode of the Supercast, we take you back in time to the earliest days of Jordan School District, from historic classrooms to the first graduating class of five at Bingham High. Join us on a journey 100 years in the making with historian and retired teacher Scott Crump, who authored a book you’re about to hear all about ‘The First 100 Years: A History of Jordan School District.”
The survey to win a copy of the book has closed.
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
On this episode of the Supercast, we take you back in time to the earliest days of Jordan School District, from historic classrooms to the first graduating class of five students at Bingham High School. Join us on a journey 100 years in the making with historian and retired teacher Scott Crump, who authored a book you're about to hear all about, "The First 100 Years, A History of Jordan School District." Listen and find out how you can enter to win one of these beloved books.
We're here at Bingham High School in the alumni room talking with local historian and former Bingham High School teacher Scott Crump. Thanks for taking time with us.
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
And after that, then it just gets in your blood. So I was asked to write the history of Riverton, where I eventually would move. So I co-wrote a history of Riverton. And then was asked to write a history of the Bingham Copper Mine that they sell up at the souvenir place. So that's my biggest seller there.
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Now, most people only went to grades 1 through 8, but when you graduated from grammar school in the 1800s, that was basically it. But in the late 1800s, Utah started to have a few high schools like West and East High School or Salt Lake City High School. And so the only way you could afford that kind of education is for many communities to put in tax money to do that. So they were encouraged to do that.
So the state legislature passed a law which said that all of these smaller districts had to consolidate. So we would have the Salt Lake City School District, the Jordan School District, and the Granite School District in Salt Lake County. And that way, they then could use the money from many communities to form the 9 through 12 high school education.
So it took two years, but Jordan District would form in 1905, and then in 1907, they would organize the district's high school, which was Jordan High School. And Granite did the same. They had their district high school, Granite High School. By the next year, it was so inconvenient that people from Bingham didn't want to come down to Sandy every day to go to high school. So they formed Bingham High School in 1908 up in Bingham. So all of our area school district went to Jordan High School except for Bingham and Lark and the Bingham area on the west side.
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Never miss an episode of The Supercast by liking and subscribing on your favorite podcasting platform. Find transcripts for this episode and others at supercast.jordandistrict.org.
Break:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump;
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Find the cost of carpeting a room that is 14 feet 6 inches by 16 feet if the carpet is 3/4 of a yard wide and is worth 210 per yard? That's a very practical question.
How about this? 7/20 of a square rod is what part of an acre? 7/20 of a square rod is what part of an acre? Express the answer decimally.
Okay. Go ahead. If you're listening, send me an email with the answer to that question, would you? I'll give you a prize. I buy—oh, yeah. Okay. Let's look at grammar.
Scott Crump:
Anthony Godfrey:
Okay. How about this? What is the value of a tank of oil, which is 8 feet in diameter and 20 feet long—24 feet long if the oil is worth 25 cents per gallon? That's also worth a prize. Email me the answer to that one. That one's worth a prize. Okay.
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Anthony Godfrey:
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Scott Crump:
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