The natural environment and history of Kalispell’s West Valley area
By Jeanine Buettner
nammy@montanasky.com
West Valley School was opened in 1961. But what was schooling in the valley like before that?
Stillwater School
Stillwater School first opened on January 21, 1899. The first building was a small log cabin on the Henry Bird place on the corner of Clark Drive and Stillwater Road. All eight grades were taught here with just one teacher.
by Skip Via
skip@westvalleynaturalists.org
From Linda de Kort (linda@westvalleynaturalists.org): Reta Sweeney shared some photos from her mother in law’s (Merle) collection. Merle put them together for her 90th birthday celebration. Merle taught at Kuhns for one year. Her photo is included. Apparently Bowser Lake was the place to go for “outings.” The school was moved to its present location on Lost Creek in 1962. There are also some photos I took this week of the old Kuhns school as well as the original outhouse.
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