Plains' First School - 1878 - Plains, MT
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 47° 27.649 W 114° 53.011
11T E 659515 N 5258546
Given its age of 136 years, it seems serendipitous for this school to still exist.
Waymark Code: WMMYC1
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
Views: 1

The first schoolhouse in Plains was a small one room log building which was built in 1878 and used as a school until about 1898. This building still exists and has been moved to this site and a heritage park created around this and the remains of the school built in 1909. A large wooden sign was erected adjacent to the schoolhouse apprising viewers of what it is they are looking at.

The sign reads as follows:
Original
Wild Horse Plains
Log Schoolhouse
Built 1878

With the 1909 school not having been built until 1909, that leaves a gap of 11 years which online historians have yet to fill.

The restoration and general spiffing up of the log schoolhouse was a project of the Plains Woman's Club, pictured below giving the place a shine.

This is the site of the larger brick and stone school built in 1909. The Plains Historical Society has recreated the entrance arch from the school atop the original columns from the school, apparently the only two items remaining from that school, which either burned or was demolished in 1980.
Year built or dedicated as indicated on the structure or plaque: 1878

Full Inscription (unless noted above):
Original Wild Horse Plains Log Schoolhouse Built 1878


Website (if available): Not listed

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