Pictured: Sulphur Springs School was built in 1870 in the Sulphur Springs Mountain / Lake Herman area to serve the children of the Hastings Mine workers. It was moved closer to Lake Herman in 1880 and served as a school until 1933 at which time the students were transferred into the Benicia schools.
Annie Elizabeth Pennycook (1866-1946), a native of Tuolumne County, came to Vallejo as a child. She was a Vallejo school teacher for 47 years and then a principal for five more years. She retired in 1939. A new elementary was named in her honor in 1957. Photo courtesy of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.