COMBS
SCHOOL

This frame schoolhouse is 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 town-site's peril when the Missouri River began to undermine the area. Since the school faced destruction, it was moved about two miles south of Homer. 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 near the old Combs mill. School redistricting eliminated the need for the old Combs School, and its doors closed for the last time on May 22, 1964.

The Board of Education of the newly-formed district donated the building to the Dakota County Historical Society. It was moved to its present location next to the O'Connor house in 1967.