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In the olden days, one-room schoolhouses were common across the country, many of them simple wood-frame buildings painted white. Katy Young’s one-room school is going to be a dome.
Betsey DeLoache's interest in telling the history of one-room schoolhouses began with a photo she took of a dilapidated building on a prairie. DeLoache of Pierre used the photo as a reference ...
One-room schoolhouses used to be the lifeblood of rural American education. But over time, the number of them has dwindled. While such schools are becoming a rarity some still persist in many ...
Airbnb has a variety of schoolhouses and school buses available for rent, but don’t let their antique exteriors fool you, because these locations have had major makeovers. In Salinas ...
At one time, there were an estimated 2,600 rural schools in Montana. Beginning with the missions and gold camps, schoolhouses became essential community institutions and in the era of statehood ...
Landon Hoff's exploration of Colorado's Eastern Plains uncovers a forgotten chapter in the state's history: the abandoned schoolhouses scattered across the landscape. These structures, some ...
Only 400 to 700 of the small schoolhouses used to educate mostly rural students still are in use, and many of those are threatened by shrinking enrollment and increasing costs. An Associated Press ...
Explore the history and stories of one-room schoolhouses in Minnesota They are slowly disappearing, but periodically you’ll spot one, sitting alone on a hill. A one-room schoolhouse. Looking at ...
Peppered throughout Colorado, predominantly on the eastern plains and in the northwest portion of the state, are hundreds of rural, one-room schoolhouses. Calls Mount Against Stephen Curry as ...
The 1881 “History of Sangamon County, Illinois, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships” includes short accounts of the earliest schoolhouses and teachers near Rochester.
Photographer Doug Ohman has spent 30 years capturing landmarks across the state. He joins in studio to reflect on his favorite libraries and schoolhouses he’s photographed.