The old school house in McCall, IL
Originally uploaded by Rural Rose
When I was a kid, there was a sign just near here that read “McCall, IL — Population: 8.”
This little old school house is just a mile or two west of my parents’ house (where I grew up).
My dad went to school in a one-room country school house just like it, and just down the road from here. He says he remembers playing in a baseball game against kids from this school.
I wanted to capture it because, even though it’s always been a landmark down the country road I grew up on, I know it won’t be there forever. One of those things you look at a million times and don’t pay much attention to, but then feel surprised and a little saddened when it’s gone.
(There was another one less than a mile from home to the east, and it got torn down a couple of years ago, just a few months after I went to take pictures of it.)
This schoolhouse is located along what is now being called the Mormon Martyrdom Trail. More on that later.
Tags: HancockCounty, landmarks, local_history, Mormons, pics, rural_life
