The McDonough district school route takes us to the original location of this school on what is known as the Bliven-Sherman Road which is in the vicinity of Bowman Lake and runs from the McCall Road (Preston) west. There were two schools at this site; next week readers will be shown the schoolhouse in its present location. The photo, which is the earliest that the historian has in the McDonough school history files, shows students, more than likely, at the side of the original school. We regret that these students were not identified.

Mrs. Jennie Preston, to which this writer is great full for her extensive research, wrote the following paragraphs of the history of this school. This documentation is quoted verbatim as she documented it in 1976.

“There are few McDonough residents who have school day recollections of this particular district, sometimes called the Daniels School District. The schoolhouse is found part way up a very steep hilt past the Houghtaling residence. Many adults who saw their schooling here can tell you of the childhood joy they had on this hill on a winter’s day at recess. In fact, some of the children lived so that they could almost slide the whole distance home after a day of classes. What a marvelous break between school and the evening chores.