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 →

Upper Bridger School memories part 1: Getting to school and into mischief

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 →

Pine Butte School Memories

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 →

Have recording equipment, will travel

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 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 →

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 →