Christmas plays at LaMotte School
LaMotte School was only about a one mile walk from our home in Bear Canyon. In the winter we would pull our sleds along and play with them at noon time. My younger… Continue reading
LaMotte School was only about a one mile walk from our home in Bear Canyon. In the winter we would pull our sleds along and play with them at noon time. My younger… Continue reading
The first day of school after you’d selected your very best “school” outfit; you’d enter the room, leave your coat and sack lunch in the “cloak” room and be enveloped by the smells… Continue reading
Last night before the Oscars aired, Shawna and David and I met for some pizza and conversation with a graduate of Gallatin County’s Upper Bridger School, Cecelia Olsen. Cecelia went to the Upper Bridger… Continue reading
I would like to add to school house memories, as I went to the Danvers, Mt. one room school house Dist # 91 and I went there from first grade to 8th grade. It… Continue reading
The Pine Butte School, west of Bozeman on Norris Road, was built in 1895 and served as a community grade school until 1955. In 2003, Richard W. Burkenpas published the 188-page, “Pine Butte School… Continue reading
Gallatin County Historic Preservation Board announced that preservation volunteers have deemed this February “Love Your One-Room Schoolhouses” month. A tiny handful of grassroots community groups have worked hard to keep the last few old schoolhouses… Continue reading
If you, or someone you know, attended a rural school in Gallatin County and you need help capturing the story, feel free to contact me via the “comment” field below and I will… Continue reading
Christmas was a huge production at Cottonwood School during my years of attendance (1970-78). First, there were the special gifts for our parents: One year it was a salt-dough mushroom glued to a… Continue reading
I didn’t attend a one room school in Gallatin County. Mine was a two room school in rural Yellowstone County that replaced an earlier one room school. I’m not sure the exact date… Continue reading
In the U.S. in 1918, one-room schools numbered 196,037 (70% of all public grade schools). By 1960, the number was 13,330. Gallatin County, Montana had 77 school districts in 1916. In 2009 there… Continue reading