' went to a one-room schoolhouse first five grades.
Only had to walk a half a mile but it was uphill and against the wind both ways. LOL
Seriously, I would like to know how many miles I walked backwards with my back to the cold west winds on my way home.
The school closed and it collapsed under the heavy snows of the winter of '58-'59 when there was no longer any heat in it to melt the snow off the roof.
We moved a smaller one-room school about 3 miles to the site a few years ago and use it as an exhibition for our historical society.
I did some research at the time and, as I recall, the heyday for one-room schools was 1928 in the US. They were generally built about 3 miles from one another which meant most kids walked about 1-1/2 miles to school. I found this to be true by locating the remaining schools and foundations in my area.
The little schoolhouse we moved didn't have a bell but the original school had a beautiful brass bell made in Troy, NY by the biggest bell maker in the US. A local carpenter volunteered to build a belfry downsized as small as possible and still accommodate the bell in the same style as the original belfry.
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