Owensville High School
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Owensville High School, sometimes referred to as Owensville Montgomery High School or Owensville Montgomery Township School was a K-12 Public learning facility located in Owensville, Indiana
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that merged into Gibson Southern High School
in 1974. Like the current Owensville Community School
, the mascot is the Kickapoos and school colors were Black and Gold. Owensville High School was one of the nine founding members of the Pocket Athletic Conference
in 1938 and its membership was transferred to Gibson Southern High School
along with Fort Branch Marlette High School
.
The school continued to be used as Owensville Community School
until the current building was completed in 1992. The School was subsequently demolished. Owensville High School's gym still exists as the REH Center. The school was located on the southwest corner of Walnut and Mill Streets in Owensville.
3,780 and Princeton's old gym's 4,100.)
"Remember Pearl Harbor!" was once printed out in huge, white chalked letters on the school's sidewalk. The prankster's graffiti was discovered on the morning of December 7, 1939. 'Fateful Forecast' is found on page 191 in Frank Edwards book; "STRANGE WORLD" True events so fantastic and amazing as to baffle the most brilliant scientific mind! It is still available for purchase at Amazon.
Owensville, Indiana
For communities with a similar name, see Owensville.Owensville is a town in and the seat of Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana, United States...
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History
Owensville High School was one of the three high schools under South Gibson School CorporationSouth Gibson School Corporation
-The School Corporation:The South Gibson School Corporation is the largest of the three public school governing institutions in enrollment and territory covered in Gibson County, Indiana as well as one of the ten largest in enrollment in Southwestern Indiana...
that merged into Gibson Southern High School
Gibson Southern High School
Gibson Southern High School is a public high school located near Fort Branch, Indiana in Gibson County.-School Description:Completed in 1974, Gibson Southern was created as a consolidation of Fort Branch Marlette, Haubstadt Johnson, and Owensville Montgomery High Schools...
in 1974. Like the current Owensville Community School
Owensville Community School
Owensville Community School is a K-8 learning institution located 1.8 miles south and slightly west of Owensville, Indiana. the Mascot is the Kickapoos, the mascot of the former Owensville Montgomery High School which consolidated into Gibson Southern High School in 1974. The school serves...
, the mascot is the Kickapoos and school colors were Black and Gold. Owensville High School was one of the nine founding members of the Pocket Athletic Conference
Pocket Athletic Conference
The Pocket Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in Southwestern Indiana with its headquarters at Forest Park. Its members are mainly Class 2A and 3A public high schools located in Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, and Warrick counties. Only one, Tecumseh, is a 1A...
in 1938 and its membership was transferred to Gibson Southern High School
Gibson Southern High School
Gibson Southern High School is a public high school located near Fort Branch, Indiana in Gibson County.-School Description:Completed in 1974, Gibson Southern was created as a consolidation of Fort Branch Marlette, Haubstadt Johnson, and Owensville Montgomery High Schools...
along with Fort Branch Marlette High School
Fort Branch Marlette High School
Fort Branch Marlette High School, commonly known as Fort Branch High School, was a public high school located in Fort Branch, Indiana.- History :...
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The school continued to be used as Owensville Community School
Owensville Community School
Owensville Community School is a K-8 learning institution located 1.8 miles south and slightly west of Owensville, Indiana. the Mascot is the Kickapoos, the mascot of the former Owensville Montgomery High School which consolidated into Gibson Southern High School in 1974. The school serves...
until the current building was completed in 1992. The School was subsequently demolished. Owensville High School's gym still exists as the REH Center. The school was located on the southwest corner of Walnut and Mill Streets in Owensville.
An Odd Fact about OHS
Owensville High School had the first high school gymnasium in Indiana with a glass backboard. One of those backboards is now in the Indiana High School Basketball Hall of Fame proudly located in New Castle, Indiana. When the gym was completed in November 1950, it was Indiana's first underground gym. It was also one of the largest gyms in the state with a capacity of 4,500 (compared with Gibson Southern'sGibson Southern High School
Gibson Southern High School is a public high school located near Fort Branch, Indiana in Gibson County.-School Description:Completed in 1974, Gibson Southern was created as a consolidation of Fort Branch Marlette, Haubstadt Johnson, and Owensville Montgomery High Schools...
3,780 and Princeton's old gym's 4,100.)
"Remember Pearl Harbor!" was once printed out in huge, white chalked letters on the school's sidewalk. The prankster's graffiti was discovered on the morning of December 7, 1939. 'Fateful Forecast' is found on page 191 in Frank Edwards book; "STRANGE WORLD" True events so fantastic and amazing as to baffle the most brilliant scientific mind! It is still available for purchase at Amazon.