Jore Schoolhouse Traditional Cache
Ice and Wind: The cache owner has not responded, or corrected the problems with this cache, so I must regretfully archive the listing.
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Cache background:
I retrieved a TB that was to be placed near a one room school, so I had to plant this one near the only one room school I knew, on the campus of Eastern Washington University. This is not only my alma mater, but also my mother's and my grandmother's, and they both became teachers.
Thousands of students walk by here every day (during the school-year) so watch out for muggles! Lots of parking nearby, but find a spot on the street for free parking and only park in a lot on the weekend (not monitored).
Buiding background:
The Cheney Normal School Heritage Center was originally known as the Jore (pronounced like jury) Schoolhouse. It opened for classes five miles west of Newport, Washington in 1905 and stayed open for 24 years, until 1929. During that time, it served as the school for all the Jore children as well as the children in the surrounding area. At least one student, Ivan Troyer, traveled 5 miles by horseback to attend.
During its time as a functioning one-room school, it had separate boys and girls entrances, a two-seat outhouse, and a horse stable. The school also had a galvanized roof and a concrete foundation, which helped it to survive all this time relatively intact.
The building symbolizes Eastern's historical significance as a teacher preparation institute - many of the early graduates would have taught in a school like this. The building also provides a venue for seminars and presentations related to the history and development of education in the Inland Empire and the Pacific Northwest, a center for local and regional oral history where students, teachers, scholars, and community members can share, record, and preserve traditions, stories and records of the past, as well as a permanent setting to house and display historical one-room schoolhouse artifacts.
If you have time, also read the sign on the flag pole to find out why the flag only has 45 stars!
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