{"id":798851,"date":"2019-08-24T18:56:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T00:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=370365"},"modified":"2019-08-24T18:56:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T00:56:08","slug":"photos-back-to-school-in-a-bygone-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/photos-back-to-school-in-a-bygone-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Back to school in a bygone era"},"content":{"rendered":"

DILLON \u2014 Local \u201cschoolmarm\u201d Christy Nelson is dressed in a floor-length black skirt and a frilled white blouse waiting for a group of schoolchildren that historically would be separated into two lines, waiting for the first day of school at the doors of the 1883 Dillon Schoolhouse.<\/p>\n

One-room schoolhouses once dotted the growing American landscape, numbering more than 100,000 in 1900. Of those, 400 remain today, diligently preserved by historians such as the Ladies of Dillon.<\/p>\n

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In traditional dress, Christy Nelson, local historian and \u201cschoolmarm\u201d stands in the historic 1883 one-room schoolhouse in Dillon on Thursday, Aug. 22, and speaks about the history of the building.<\/strong>
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Christy Nelson rings the bell at Dillon\u2019s historic 1883 one-room schoolhouse and museum on Thursday, Aug. 22, symbolically signaling the beginning of school.<\/strong>
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Sally Queen, left, and Christy Nelson unfold a giant, fabric map of the state of Colorado in the 1883 Dillon Schoolhouse in Dillon on Thursday, Aug. 22.<\/strong>
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Learn more about the museum and its history by visiting the 1883 Dillon Schoolhouse, 403 LaBonte St. in Dillon.<\/p>\n

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