Mississippi Valley School District #166 - Gorham, IL

Mississippi Valley School District #166 - Gorham, IL Dedicated to the alumni of Gorham High School, Gorham Grade School, & affiliated schools. http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2006/11/02/top/18050288.txt

Page Administrators:
ROBERT FRISCHKORN
[email protected]
DALE KRANAWETTER
[email protected] This page was designed for posting photos and news about the Mississippi Valley High School ~ Unit District 166. If you have a photo you would like posted, please post it on the appropriate year of the timeline. You may also email your photos or comments to one of the site administrators:
Robert Frischkorn at [email protected]
Laura Cates Duncan at [email protected]

An article regarding the demolition of the school was published by the Southern Illinoisan on Nov 2, 2006 and may be viewed at the following link.

Daily Independent, March 18, 1926 ~“One Year After Tornado: Gorham Reconstruction Complete”… (Tap photos to expand)
07/20/2026

Daily Independent, March 18, 1926 ~
“One Year After Tornado: Gorham Reconstruction Complete”… (Tap photos to expand)

Murphysboro Daily Independent: May, 1925 ~ “During Aftermath of Tornado… Gorham High Upper Classmen and Teachers Tempor...
07/20/2026

Murphysboro Daily Independent: May, 1925 ~ “During Aftermath of Tornado… Gorham High Upper Classmen and Teachers Temporarily Attend School in Murphysboro… Come and Return By Truck Daily”

MAJOR TRIVIA QUESTION… ???Who out there can provide us any information, photographs, whereabouts, or other pertinent dat...
07/15/2026

MAJOR TRIVIA QUESTION… ???

Who out there can provide us any information, photographs, whereabouts, or other pertinent data regarding the unknown history of what was known as “Sand Ridge High School”?

GHS alum, Laura Cates Duncan, with the Jackson County Historical Society, is attempting to gather any information on the former school, and whether it had an organized sports team of any kind. She’d received a sportsman’s jersey letter from Herrin City Library History Room, which is assumed to be from a former student of the school. We’re further interested in learning what the school may have looked like, and where it was located in or near the tiny village of Sand Ridge. We’ve always known there was a grade school in Sand Ridge. However, most of us have always assumed that any high school student residing in Sand Ridge would have always attended Gorham High School. Who knew?!?
Please forward any information you may have directly to Laura Cates Duncan, or one of the Admins of the MVSD #166 page. THANKS!

Mark J Mifflin, Sandy Shepard Gilliland Leonard, MJ Holt, LeaLea Skinner …. Can any of you help us out with information or photos you may have available?? Thank you!

“GHS Faces Ouster Move” ~ The Daily Independent, Friday, April 1, 1927(Tap photo to open full article, submitted by Lau...
07/14/2026

“GHS Faces Ouster Move” ~ The Daily Independent, Friday, April 1, 1927
(Tap photo to open full article, submitted by Laura Cates Duncan.)

Submitted by Sam Morthland…Gorhams undefeated conference champs of 1930 - 31!!Future GHS coach Tom Dunn with ball!
07/12/2026

Submitted by Sam Morthland…

Gorhams undefeated conference champs of 1930 - 31!!
Future GHS coach Tom Dunn with ball!

Laura Cates Duncan, through her work with the Jackson County Historical Society, was so kind to send me a variety of ear...
07/12/2026

Laura Cates Duncan, through her work with the Jackson County Historical Society, was so kind to send me a variety of early 20th Century articles from the Daily Independent newspaper, about Gorham and the High/Grade School. I will be publishing them to the “Mississippi Valley School District #166” page as a series, throughout the coming weeks, with this one being the first. I hope you enjoy reading them!
~ Robert Frischkorn, Administrator

The Daily Independent ~ Monday, May 5, 1924… “GHS Closes for Summer”

If you take a moment to review the past year’s posts, here on the “Mississippi Valley School District #166” page, you’l...
07/12/2026

If you take a moment to review the past year’s posts, here on the “Mississippi Valley School District #166” page, you’ll quickly feel a sense of solemn sadness. The majority of news we provide seems to consist of obituaries, announcing the deaths of our former students, faculty, and support staff who attended or worked at Gorham High School. While it’s important that we strive to keep our alumni informed of the passing of those affiliated with the school, our page was designed to provide much more… giving YOU the opportunity to share items of interest,
such as:
✅ Interesting news-worthy articles
✅ Nostalgic photos
✅ Memories of your days at GHS
✅ Pertinent announcements

We encourage you to submit such items to either of our Page Administrators for review and publishing:
Robert Frischkorn at [email protected]
or Dale Kranawetter at [email protected]

Thank you for your support and continued interest in “Mississippi Valley School District #166”, and for helping to keep our school’s page alive and exciting!

Another great post submitted by Sam Morthland. Thanks so much!_________________________________The 1946 Gorham Mustang...
07/12/2026

Another great post submitted by Sam Morthland. Thanks so much!
_________________________________

The 1946 Gorham Mustang Baseball team made a trip to the State Tournament in Peoria!

The Mustangs were coached by Benny Dunns older brother Tom Dunn!

The Mustangs defeated Galesburg 4-3 in 9 innings. The team was lead by pitcher Cliff "Lefty " Korando, Charles "Sonny " Asbury and Bob Knoke!

Thank you Sam Morthland, for submitting this astounding article and associated photos… The 1952 Gorham Mustangs made a t...
07/10/2026

Thank you Sam Morthland, for submitting this astounding article and associated photos…

The 1952 Gorham Mustangs made a trip to Peoria for the State baseball tournament!

The Mustangs upset heavily favorite Pekin High School in 10 innings!
Ace pitcher Lewis Glidewell struck out 16, while heavy hitting Tom Morgan drove in the winning run!
The team was coached by Benny Dunn and also featured sophomore and future Major Leaguer, Gary Merle Geiger!
Unfortunately, the Mustangs lost the next game, but what a showing by Gorham High with an enrollment of 115 !

07/05/2026

Sam Morthland has informed us that he has extra copies of yearbooks!!
'69, '75, '77 and '80!
If interested, please message him directly on FB!

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Gorham, IL
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