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 →

Upper Bridger School Memories

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 →

Christmas at Cottonwood School in the 1970s

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 →

Christmas Program Memories from Rural Yellowstone County

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 →

Share Your Gallatin County Schoolhouse Memories

If you’d like your one-room schoolhouse memory from Gallatin County, Montana to become part of this blog, please scroll to the bottom of this page and post a comment. (I will moderate comments… Continue reading →

Country school graduates, unite!

If you went to a one-room country school in Montana, you probably remember a lot of things like they were yesterday. I’ll never forget the weird-smelling sandwiches that my mom packed for lunch:… Continue reading →