Project Rewind- Talbot County: Back to school somewhere in Talbot County!! Maryland law provided for the establishment of the first public High Schools in 1865. The first High School was opened in Easton on October 1, 1866 in the private academy building on Hansen Street. Boys and girls were taught separately and had to be 12 to be admitted. There were many one room school houses, some private schools and tutors before that. Facts: “Easton Album” HSTC 1986. This H. Robins Hollyday Collection item at THS is not dated.
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