"An old homesteader's shack served as a schoolhouse during good weather until a new one was built in 1904.
The only real school was in Castner Coulee."

"Selah Phillips (Frank G. Phillips's brother...Frank was my mother's grandfather) had purchased 120 acres in the Castner Falls area. His land was adjacent to his brother Frank's. It was on Selah's land that a homesteader's shack had been built and was used as a schoolhouse for the School District #13 for a few years."
"After a school house was built, not far from the old shack, Emma Jenson became the teacher. Selah was about thirty four years old when he met Emma. They were married in May of 1911 and sold their land the following year."
"The 1910 Federal Census indicates that the Phillips lived in the School District #13, Schammerich Lake." And later it is referred to as "Schammerich Lake School".--Dick Sowa

An old homesteader's shack served as a schoolhouse, Castner Falls, Cascade County, Montana

Dick Sowa richardp@citylinq.com

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