Tamaroa Community High School “Indians”

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TAMAROA, IL –  (Illinois High School Glory Days, Please click on the link for the full story.  Here is an excerpt below.)

NOTE:  I ran through all the Franklin County consolidated high schools.  I am going to share links from the surrounding counties, and former conference opponents etc. The links to the site Illinois High School Glory Days has been very popular.  I will continue to share these from time to time.  -Steve

The Tamaroa High School building being constructed in the early 1950’s. They consolidated with Pinckneyville for the 1988-89 school year. The high school building now is used as the city hall and community center.  The grade school plays their home games still in the gym. The city park is behind the old school building. (Illinois High School Glory Days Photo)

Tamaroa (population 740) is located in southern Illinois in northwest Perry County.  U.S. Route 51 runs through the center of town and connects it to its larger neighbor seven miles to the south, Du Quoin.  The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad joins with the Missourri Pacific Railroad south of town and splits again just north of Tamaroa.  A branch of the Collier Creek flows through the north end of Tamaroa.  The town name comes from the historic Native American tribe of the same name, The Tamaroa.  The Tamaroa Indians were a part of the once proud and strong Illiniwek Indian Confederation in Illinois.

Tamaroa residents probably began education efforts for their children in the late 1800s.  For several decades the town supported its own high school and grade school district. The school building at the top of this page served as both high school and grade school until the early 1950s. A new high school building was then constructed “on the west edge of town”.