In 1933 local students created an endearing tribute to the county's first teacher, who had died more than 60 years earlier. The students donated funds to improve the gravesite of 23-year-old Benjamin Hobbs, who died in 1871. Although his grave was not in a field at the time, a wire-fenced field now covers the site, which is marked with a plaque, a decorative wrought iron fence, and a concrete foundation to protect the grave. If you walk east toward the wire fence, you'll see a red sign noting Hobbs' birth and death dates and can view his burial site farther to the east.