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A view of the 150 Mile Little Red Schoolhouse at 150 Mile House, British Columbia. A nearby sign reads the following:
The Little Red Schoolhouse
By the early 1880's, 150 Mile House had become the centre of commerce, governance, and transportation for the entire Cariboo region. In 1880, the first Williams Lake School District was formed, a circular area of over 150 square miles, with 150 Mile as its hub. The first school house was a renovated 16' x 24' sod roofed log barn donated by the owner of the store and hotel. This structure soon proved to be inadequate, and the community petitioned Victoria to have a new and proper school house built. The government was slow to respond, so the towns-people took matters into their own hands, and in the late spring of 1896, this school house was completed using locally cut lumber and volunteer labour. That September it saw its first students, and classes continued to be held in this building until 1959 when a new school was opened up on the hill where the original log barn/schoolhouse had once stood. For a few years after that, it served as a private residence, and then it was abandoned. In 1980, a local historical group prepared new footings and moved it to the present site. It was renovated inside and out, and over the years, desks and interior furnishings were added. Today, the little red schoolhouse is used for classes to learn about the rich history of the area, and as a living record of the early days of education in our school district.
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