Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Just one of many rural 1 room schoolhouses from around the turn of the last century, the 8-Mile School, near Dufur, Oregon, was built in 1904. It served farm kids until the 1940s.


 

13 comments:

Lisa said...

My mother-in-law taught in a school like that one, as did her mother in Lapeer Michigan. They both taught all grades. It amazes me that they did it with such success.

Helen said...

It looks so isolated now!
In my primary school years I went to a one room and then a 2 room school house. They were rural but surrounded by small farms and houses.

Luis Serrano said...

Que maravilla de foto Bill. Me recuerda una serie de tv que vi hace tiempo en la que unos niños y niñas acudían a una escuela como esta. Me encanta tu foto

Anaximandro said...

Magnífico paisaje, lleno de encanto.
Un abrazo.

Margaret D said...

It's still standing tall.

Ananka said...

That's a great photo. Lovely scene :-D

Linda W. said...

I've visited that school! Nice shot of the surrounding landscape.

Taken For Granted said...

This scene brings up memories of a long past era, and a simpler time in American history.

Mikael Bergman said...

A wonderful photo

VENTANA DE FOTO said...

Buen trabjo tenía el maestro atendiendo a niños de distntas edades y distintos niveles.
El cariño de la los alumnos y su familia, se lo tiene ganado.
Un abrazo.

Antonio Rodriguuez said...

Muy duro debió de ser enseñar en esas condiciones. La fotografía es preciosa, Bill. Tiene muy buena composición, la escuela se empequeñece en medio de esa inmensidad y el contraste entre el ocre y el azul realza la belleza de la fotografía. Esos lugares hay que cuidarlos mucho, tienen muchas historias detrás de ellos.
Un abrazo.

Coloring Outside the Lines said...

How cool is that!! Pretty shot, too!

Strayer said...

That's a beautiful photo and what stories that little building must hold within.