Way Back!
The students and staff at the Howardsville School pose in front of the school building in 1901. The photo was taken looking due north. Of the 22 people in line, only a few can be identified. Third from left is Allen Shaw, fourth from left is Luella Shaw (a taller girl), 11th from left is Clarence Shaw (in front in a straw hat), 20th from left is Nell Nelson, stepdaughter of Henry Forsyth.
115 YEARS AGO
From the July 24, 1897 edition of the Silverton Standard: BURRO EXCURSIONS A ‘PERMANENT’ EVENT.
A most pleasant, unique and interesting event was arranged and enjoyed last Sunday. No other undertaking could have been more thoughtfully enjoyed when twenty or more of Silverton’s “younger” perched on burros rode out to Molas Lakes.
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