History article written for the GFHS website,Where Do We Catch the School Bus? The Sno-lsle Library system is conducting a program to collect images from throughout the County to document local history. Granite Falls Historical Society provided 130+ photos, and we are pleased to share some of them (and others) here with our readers. You can browse pictures from Granite Falls and other communities at: http://wwwsno-isle.org/catalog/ghotos . Last time, we saw how the community called "Robe" moved around on local maps. It brought to mind some of the early communities in the area, and how they had to contend with the lack of transportation “back in the day". One critical item for each settlement was the education of their children . . . so schools were built locally, within walking distance for the kids. There was no bus! Besides the “big” school built in Granite Falls in 1893, there were many schools a few miles outside of town: Otto family, 1892, left-to-right Robert, Julia, Florence, Harriette, Charlie, and Eva Habben (Julia’s sister). Robe School picture taken ’ years later shows teacher Florence Otto and her pupils. “Final” Robe School In The Robe School, which brought this subject to mind, started as a small . structure described by Julia Otto (early I . pioneer), but grew into a substantial school before the need for it was eliminaed in 1937 through robust school bus transportation. Mrs. Otto wrote: “During the summer [of 1892] we had a visit from the County Superintendent, saying if we would build a schoolhouse he would give us a school. Mr. McPherson gave an acre of land and the men of the district put up a log school house. Each parent made a seat and desk for his children (no two alike). They also made one for the teacher. In the Fall, we had three months school. . . . The following summer we had three months school, June, July, August.” Little did she know at the time that her daughter Florence would grow up to be the local school teacher! , Accession/Object ID: No accession number, Object Name: , Title: "Back in the Day" article, Author: Fred Cruger, Description: History article written for the GFHS website, Date: , OCR Text: Where Do We Catch the School Bus? The Sno-lsle Library system is conducting a program to collect images from throughout the County to document local history. Granite Falls Historical Society provided 130 photos, and we are pleased to share some of them (and others) here with our readers. You can browse pictures from Granite Falls and other communities at: http://wwwsno-isle.org/catalog/ghotos . Last time, we saw how the community called "Robe" moved around on local maps. It brought to mind some of the early communities in the area, and how they had to contend with the lack of transportation “back in the day". One critical item for each settlement was the education of their children . . . so schools were built locally, within walking distance for the kids. There was no bus! Besides the “big” school built in Granite Falls in 1893, there were many schools a few miles outside of town: Otto family, 1892, left-to-right Robert, Julia, Florence, Harriette, Charlie, and Eva Habben (Julia’s sister). Robe School picture taken ’ years later shows teacher Florence Otto and her pupils. “Final” Robe School In The Robe School, which brought this subject to mind, started as a small . structure described by Julia Otto (early I . pioneer), but grew into a substantial school before the need for it was eliminaed in 1937 through robust school bus transportation. Mrs. Otto wrote: “During the summer [of 1892] we had a visit from the County Superintendent, saying if we would build a schoolhouse he would give us a school. Mr. McPherson gave an acre of land and the men of the district put up a log school house. Each parent made a seat and desk for his children (no two alike). They also made one for the teacher. In the Fall, we had three months school. . . . The following summer we had three months school, June, July, August.” Little did she know at the time that her daughter Florence would grow up to be the local school teacher! , Granite Falls Historical Society,Documents (articles, clippings, letters, papers),Local History Articles,Back in the Day (local),School_Bus.pdf,School_Bus.pdf Page 1, School_Bus.pdf Page 1