Schoolhouses of Thunder Butte

When my dad was growing up around Thunder Butte, kids living in the area attended one room schoolhouses. Dad went to the Beehive school beginning about age five. Little or nothing probably remains of the Beehive school today. However, when I was in the area in March, I did photograph a couple of old schoolhouses not far from the butte (see below). Today, these schoolhouses are abandoned with windows broken out, and falling into ruin.

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Old Schoolhouse on Highway 73 West of Thunder Butte

Another View of Old Schoolhouse on Highway 73 West of Thunder Butte

Old Schoolhouse on Veit Ranch East of Thunder Butte

Thunder Butte is visible to the left of the schoolhouse in the above photograph.

--Mike Crowley