• Wednesday-What'sUP June 12 - 06:40 pm

The Lake Linden-Hubbell 6th grade classes have been fortunate to be able to dress in period clothing and experience a day in the life of a student, back in the early 1900's here in Lake Linden. Every year, the children dress up in what the kids of that date in time would have worn, pack a lunch like kids would have eaten, with no plastic baggies, pop (soda), lunch meat or fancy lunch boxes and head down to the Historic Traprock Valley Schoolhouse for a day of learning, the old fashion way.

This schoolhouse is located on the Houghton County Historical Museum campus grounds and available for the public to walk through during open hours. Originally built in 1914, it served the families of Traprock Valley for children through 8th grade, until 1940, when the students transferred to the Lake Linden-Hubbell Schools.

It has become a tradition for the LLHS 6th graders to take part in this moment in history each year, learning what it was like to not have the conveniences they do in this day and age and having a fun time in the process.

Kassy Kallio supplied today's photos of her daughter's class, along with her preschool age son, who had fun boarding the Soo Railroad Caboose that is also located on the Museum grounds.

Very nice! Where is Laura Ingalls?

Very nice. Looks like all had a fun day.

Thanks for the great photos, Kassy! My kids have also been able to do a one-room schoolhouse day. I also love anything having to do with the Soo Line; my grandfather on my mother's side was a Soo Line conductor on routes in the UP and northern Wisconsin.

What a great way to teach students about history! When we lived in ND in the 1980s, there were still some one-room schools operating in that area!
What a sweet little boy, Kassy!:)

What absolutely smile producing photos today!Thank you for sharing!

Alex: She’s been dead since 1957. Buried in Mansfield Missouri, right next to Waldo.

Alex...half pint to Pa Ingalls.

Does anyone know the original location of the school?

Mary says: Bob ~ I copied the following from the Houghton County Historical Museum exhibits page,

"The Traprock Valley School House was built in 1914 to serve the farm families in the eastern Traprock Valley. Situated on a one acre plot donated by Henry Williams it educated farm children through 8 grades until 1940 when the children transferred to the Lake Linden-Hubbell Schools. The building served as a community center and Traprock 4-H Club until 1959. The one room schoolhouse was donated to the Historical Society by Albert Koskela in 1979 and moved to the museum complex in 1983. It serves as a historical center for Houghton County’s numerous schools and is dedicated to the Society past curator, Bill Barkell."

Hope this helps!

This probably belongs under the page about the ketchup, but the one room schools remind me of how they had Biblical principles as part of the curriculum.

The school was located at the corner where the little horseshoe branched off. According to google maps that would be Angman Rd. and Cemetary Rd. My mother-in-law Mrs. Denis Poisson used to work the elections there.

Amen, Thomas.

That looks like so much fun! I would love seeing that school. I'm sure it's always a great experience for the kids.