Stout Creek School, Fremont County, Colorado Schools -- Colorado -- Salida. 1906 38.395645 -105.815798 Fremont Colorado USA From Rosemae Wells Campbell's 'From Trappers to Tourists': About 1906, the residents of Howard, Colorado, clamored for a new school on Howard Creek. Those near Stout Creek wanted the new building there. When William Stout heard the hassle going on at the village store, he offered to give land for a new schoolhouse. Howard then cut off from the Stout Creek District and built its own school. Directors of the Stout Creek District built the brick building just north of Kerr Gulch Road. yes yes