 The following year, Tyre Harp, Pleasant Smith and Dudley Richards contributed $110 towards paying for a six months school and erected the first schoolhouse, a x18ft foot cabin where Edom Shugert from Tennessee (who had also taught in Tyre Harp's home) took charge of the school.Tyre was also a shoemaker, crafting all of the shoes for his family.The Harp family was very prominent in the township, which is in fact named after their family.