YOUR AD HERE »

Glenwood Springs Historical Society archive: Camp school in Cardiff

News |

Share this story
This photo shows the one-room school located at Cardiff circa 1922. “Camp” schools like this one usually ended at eighth grade. For those students wanting to pursue their education, they had to travel into nearby towns like Glenwood Springs or Carbondale where they would often board with local town residents since it was too far to travel on a daily basis. Children from nearby farms on Four Mile would ride horseback to Cardiff to attend school with the miners’ children. After eighth grade, many of these children didn’t pursue furthering their education. Boys left school to work and help support families and girls learned domestic chores to assist their mothers.
Courtesy/Glenwood Springs Historical Society

Share this story
Local
See more

Support Local Journalism

Support Local Journalism

Readers around Glenwood Springs and Garfield County make the Post Independent’s work possible. Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism.

Now more than ever, your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally. Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference.

Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage.