This page provides a list of the yearbooks from Dixie School that are available in our archives. Copies can be ordered at a rate of $1.00 per page. Please email us for instructions on how to order and make payment. We can copy any pages you request, and you have the option to pick them up or have them mailed to you.
You are welcome to visit our archives to research the yearbooks. Please contact us via email or call (903) 592-5993 to let us know when you plan to visit and what you are researching. We will do our best to have relevant materials prepared to make your trip more efficient and productive.
We are collaborating with the East Texas Genealogical Society to index the yearbooks. We will upload the indexed records as they become available. If the year you are interested in is not currently listed, please check back later, as we appreciate any donations of yearbooks and other materials related to Smith County. Click here for more information.
We have the following years:
1948
1949
1950
1951
1953
1954
1956
History of Dixie School
In 1924, three two-teacher rural schools, Pleasant Retreat, Blackfork, and Spring Hill, were consolidated into one school, located about six miles west of the Tyler city limits off the Dallas Highway; and the school. One of the board members suggested that H. L. Carter, the Board President, offer a name that they could support. The chairman quickly accepted the challenge, stating that since the road, old highway 64, running past the school was called Dixie Road, the school could be called the Dixie School. The other trustees, J. W. Bass, J. E. Cook, R. M. Cook, O. F. Davis, and D. O. Ford readily accepted the suggestion and voted unanimously to name it the “Dixie School.” After several additions, the school became a part of the Tyler Independent School District in June of 1956.[i]
[i] Tyler School Names and Their Origins, Tyler Public Schools, Tyler, Texas 1971, page 8.