Alberta History, June 22nd, 2006
Pioneering With a Piece of Chalk: The One-Room Country Schools of Alberta, 1885-1992
by William Peter Baergen. Available from the author, 4025-57 Street, Stettler, AB, T0C 2L1, 626 pp., illus., paper, large format, separate map, $40.
This is a source book of gargantuan size and scope. It contains information on almost 5,000 public schools registered in Alberta since 1885. Included are locations and dates of establishment, and wherever possible the source of names, teachers, and wealth of stories and anecdotes. As an added bonus, there is a list of all known published local and community hi...
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