The people of Washam sent their children to School at Linwood. The school was built with half of the building being in Wyoming and the other half being in Utah. In the summer of 1910, the citizens of Washam, who had been sending their children to the Linwood School, decided to build their own school on a hill just above the site of the original District Thirteen site, about three and one-half miles northeast of Manila on ground owned by Mrs. Frank Adamson, and continuing as Sweetwater County Wyoming District Number Thirteen. The people of Linwood and surrounding area continued to send their children to the Linwood School unitl 1918 when the school was closed and they went to the Washam School in Wyoming

Utah Linwood School Students in 1907

 

Julia Tolton Nona Finch Ella Finch Cleophus Hereford George Finch Vera Stephens Verna Hereford Pearl Finch

Nora Finch Alonzo Finch Ernie Finch Lavina Smith Wilford Tolton Inez Hereford Frank Towe

Cinda Tolton Willie Finch Mabel Olson Alice Finch Mary Tolton Margurite Olson Lucille Smith

 

John Ellison Clinton Ellison Ira Ellison Othneill Son Edith Ellison Letha Smith Lola Swift

George Marsh Frances Ellison Edna Swift May Marsh Rena Swift Nina Swift Myrtle Smith

Nora Son John Marsh Frank Marsh Charles Richardson Evard Richardson Clara Marsh

 

At one time students who wanted a higher education than the 8th grade had to pay tution. In later years this practice was abolished. In 1928 John Green was the first person to receive a high school diploma