THE COMBS SCHOOL AND THE O'CONNOR HOUSE ARE BOTH LOCATED ON THE
SAME PROPERTY.
Look for the signs on the east side of the highway.
2 Miles East of the Pronto in Homer, NE
http://www.dakotacountyhistoricalsociety.com/index.htm
http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/markers/texts/combs_school.htm
COMBS SCHOOL
Built 1857-Closed 1964
The frame schoolhouse in the background is part of Nebraska's
pioneer heritage - the oldest school building in Dakota County and
one of the oldest in Nebraska. Originally erected in the spring of
1857 at Omadi, four miles south of Dakota City, the school shared
the townsite's peril when the Missouri River began to undermine the
area. Since the school faced destruction it was moved to Thomas
Smith's claim, about two miles south of Homer. Here a new school
district was organized. When construction on the Burlington
Railroad from Sioux City to Lincoln began, the school was found to
be on railroad property. The building was then shifted to its
present site near the old Combs mill. School redistricting
eliminated need for the old Combs School, and its doors closed for
the last time May 22, 1964. The Board of Education ofthe
newly-formed district donated the building to the Dakota County
Historical Society, who has set it aside as a monument to the
pioneer fathers' belief that,
"MEN ARE ENNOBLED BY UNDERSTANDING."
Dakota County Historical Society
Historical Land Mark Council
US 73-77, south of Homer
Dakota County
Marker 33