ORIGINS
I grew up in a small Ohio town and I rode the school bus from 1st through 12th grades. My bus ride always included a country road on which every school day we saw a one-room brick school house. (SW corner of Stine Rd and Enon-Xenia Pike). As the years went by I watched this wonderful, familiar friend fall apart. After I married the school really began to deteriorate. Every time we visited the area I would want to take a photo of the school but never did. Finally, when we went specifically for the task, the school was gone. It was a huge loss for me and, since that time, whenever we pass a one-room school it is a joy to stop to take a picture or two. Thus, our collection here and the blog with schools in other states. Jill :oD
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I just found your blog. I am glad to see individuals doing something to save the life of these schools. See the FB page "The Rural Schools of Madison County, Iowa." I am researching the schools in the county. I call the log cabin school the McDonald school as it sat on the property of a man with that name until moved to the Madison County Historical Complex. The log school, Tusha and North River all managed by the Historical Society.
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