History & local legend
McKinney Hollow near West Sunbury in Butler County has a story about children's singing carried on the wind. Directions passed among local residents placed the experience somewhere between Dassa McKinney Elementary School and a nearby house. At the right spot, the wind was said to change direction and reveal the tune of 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat.'
The school takes its name from Dassa McKinney, whose family owned land along Hooker Road. She began teaching after accompanying her sister to an examination, deciding to take it herself and passing. She went on to teach in a one-room Clay Township school.
