In 1850, a visitor described Millsburg as “perhaps the most beautiful, and one of the most healthy locations in Liberia.” The town extended about a mile and a half along the river bank, with houses widely separated from each other. Local farms were highly productive due to the rich and moist soil of the riverbank.
That year, Millsburg was the site of a “flourishing” all-girls school operated by Mrs. Wilkins, a Methodist missionary. On the opposite side of the river was White Plains, which housed a Methodist mission school. The town had one public school in 1874 conducted by Mr. Jacobs, who was paid $200 for teaching 37 students.
Footnote: J. W. Lugenbeel, “Sketches of Liberia – No. 2,” African Repository, July 1850, p. 207; “Government schools in Montserrado County, African Repository, July 1874, p. 220.
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