A COLLAGE FEATURED IN THE 1956-57 Freeman High School yearbook -- the only one the school ever published in its 52 year history. Tribune photo by Sabine Lazo
A MEMORIAL STONE MARKS the site of Freeman High School and honors its former principals. Tribune photo by Sabine Lazo
PEGGY GASKAMP KNOCKS the ice off this trough on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at Bar T Ranch off County Road 333. Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
Remembering the legacy of Freeman High School
In the middle of Caldwell, at the end of Harvey Street, there are three buildings cordoned off behind a chain link fence.
Though they look una s s umi ng now, those buildings were once a cornerstone of Caldwell’s Black community -- the site of Freeman High School.
Freeman High School’s doors opened in 1914, with classes from first grade to senior year. Originally just one school building, it eventua…
