Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
“Wyman School, also known as Excelsior Springs High School, is a historic school building located in Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri.”
Wikipedia article Wyman School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 39 National Register listings published here for Clay County · listed in 2008 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
This property stands in Fishing River Township. History of Clay County, Missouri, published 1920 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers position aud description, early history, first settlers, etc, voters at first election in township, country churches, missouri city, its ler and subsequent career.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Fishing River Township - 52 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Wyman School between 2006 and 2018, burning about 50 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177901-08922-08082018-1512 |
| 9 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 7.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177358-08922-07092018-1629 |
| 4 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 25 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Wyman School: 21 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County Mine and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Doc Gould Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hedges Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kelly Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mays Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mclaughlin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rice Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Schoaler & Bates Shaft | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Excelsior Springs, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1993 and 1994: 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1993 | Hail | Excelsior Springs | $5,000 | Large hail, ranging from just under 1.00 inch to golf ball-size, produced substantial damage to automobiles on several dealership lots in Gladstone. Two-inch-diameter hail was reported near Lake Doniphan Road in Excelsior Springs. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Excelsior Springs | - | Local agricultural officials reported moderate damage to crops from high wind and large hail. |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | First Methodist Church | 0.2 miles | 2009 |
 | Elms, The, Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2014 |
 | Excelsior Springs Hall of Waters Commercial East Historic District | 0.4 miles | 1999 |
 | Ligon Apartments | 0.4 miles | 2010 |
 | Hall of Waters | 0.4 miles | 1983 |
 | Colonial Hotel | 0.4 miles | 2010 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 08000695 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Clay County | All 39 listed properties in this county. |
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