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Schools of
Beaverhead County, Montana
Beaverhead County once had
78 rural school, now they have only 19
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Miss Blanche Lamont, schoolteacher and her class at
Hecla, October 1893
Courtesy of Library of Congress |
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Hecla School, date unknown but likely late 1800's
from
style of dress |
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Early one room schoolhouse from Jackson, Beaverhead
County |
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Birch Creek School |
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Millpoint School |
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Beaverhead High School |
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Public School, Dillon |
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Elementary School, Dillon |
Polaris School was
established in 1892 as a
one-room school house.
Teachers boarded with
local families
until the building to
house teachers was
added. Fifty eight
teachers have taught 94
terms of schools from
1892-1990. Average
enrollment is six to
eight students per year.
Kindergarten through
eighth grade is taught
by one teacher.
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