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School children and teacher1940
Caroline Alberta Canada
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Old ChevChildren did not ride to school like this, but it is a lovely picture of the children perched on the old Chev with teacher and school in the background.
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Transportation1930
Caroline Alberta Canada
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HorsesA lot of students walked many miles to get their education. Some were fortunate enough to ride a horse. A barn was located on the school
grounds to stable the horse. Students were responsible to take care of their animals.
Hazel Dell: Some children came on horseback, some by covered cutters, and some just walked - even cross country in deep snow. It was great
when spring came and we could shed those heavy snow pants and put on some lighter clothes.
South Fork: The pupils came from a small area around the school, so some of them walked. Others, who were too far away, rode horses. There was a barn in the school yard for the horses and it was always full.
The first thing after getting to school was to remove the saddle and bridle and make the horse comfortable in the barn. They were fed oats at noon
South Fork: When my application to teach at South Fork was accepted, I was told to go to Rocky Mountain House Alberta and take the stage from there. I think the trip from Red Deer to Rocky Mountain House took about 6 hours. The train was a mixed one so had to make frequent stops to put off freight and mail. I stayed at a hotel in Rocky and prepared to take
a stage, such as the ones you see in the movies. The stage turned out to be a democrat.
Dovercourt: We rode a horse most of the time. It was put in the school barn. We would get up at 6 a.m. and feed our horses, then listen to
Wilf Carter on the radio while we ate breakfast.
From a one-room country school: An amusing incident happened to a school teacher. She boarded at a place west of the school and walked back and forth. There had been heavy rain for a few days and the creek which she had to cross had risen about a foot, covering the little bridge she crossed on. That morning, as she came to the bridge, my cousin who was riding her horse, saw her predicament and told her to climb up on the rail fence nearby so that she could ride up close, slide her aboard, and take her across. She climbed the fence, but got
on the horse backwards. As the horse climbed the bank out of the creek, the teacher, having nothing to hold onto, slid off into the creek and
got soaking wet clear to her middle. Not
daunted, she plodded on to school, soaking wet, refusing to go back for dry clothing. My
brother-in-law was up on a building shingling a roof and was so convulsed with laughter that he nearly fell off the roof.
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Winter transportation1920
Caroline Alberta Canada
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Winter TimeA one horse open sleigh!This was one mode of transportation used for getting to and from school.
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Summer transportation1940
Caroline Alberta Canada
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SummertimeSummertime would see a wooden wagon pulled by a team of horses. For students who had a long distance to travel this was another mode of transportation that was used.
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Motorized transportation1920
Caroline Alberta Canada
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Fancy TransportationIt was rare occasion when a student was driven to school in an automobile.
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Dogsled transportation1939
Caroline Alberta Canada
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Another Mode of TransportationThis student had a unique way of winter travel. He trained his dogs to pull him on a sled to school (approximately 1939).
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Old dirt road1920
Caroline Alberta Canada
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RoadsRoad to South Fork school when it was dry (about the 1920's).
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