 The school was closed in 1863 but it reopened again in 1865 with John Wheeler as the teacher, and he served for 24 years.The first female teacher was Laura Taylor in 1893.- Lovell's Directory of 1871 describes Muddy Hole as a fishing settlement in the Twillingate and Fogo district, distant from Greenspond by 24 miles in boat with a population of 130.