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Historic Fourth Ward School Museum
Treasure Hunt
Name: ____________________________________
1. When was the school built? _____________________________________________________
2. When did it open for classes? ___________________________________________________
3. What grades attended the school? ________________________________________________
4. How long was the school open? __________________________________________________
5. Where did the students go after the school was closed? _______________________________
6. What were the holes in the upper corners of the desks used for? ________________________
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7. What caused the black streaks on the banisters? _____________________________________
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8. Where did the students have lunch? _______________________________________________
9. What year was the Comstock Load discovered? _____________________________________
10. Whose idea was the Sutro Tunnel and in what year? ________________________________
11. What was the name of the school newspaper? ______________________________________
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12. What was Mark Twain’s real name? _____________________________________________
13. When was Samuel Clemens born? _______________________________________________
14. In the Mining Exhibit room, what artifact does the letter “G” identify? __________________
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15. In the Mining Exhibit room, what mine shaft do you see when you look out the middle
window?
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FWSM Treasure Hunt
March 2016