As shown on the Plat Map above, upon the property of Conrad (Con.) Neirgarth is the Neirgarth School.
The walk from the Hawley Farm to the schoolhouse would have been about 7/10 of a mile and took around 15 minutes.
"Nigrarth School of Hillman where Grandma Burt went to school. They tied rags around there feet in the winter time because they didn't have shoes"
Lesson Learned: We have all been told, that are parent/grandparents/ great grandparents had to walk ## miles (you fill in the blank), "uphill both ways" to get to school. If you were like me, you may have often laughed this story off, because we have all heard it so many times. Investigating this story has made me realize how lucky I was as a child. I can't even imagine wrapping my feet in rags just to walk almost a mile to school in the winter, especially a northern Michigan winter. Additionally, we or our children, often complain about having to go to school. Our ancestors were lucky if they were able to attend school at all, and if they did, they often had to leave at a very young age to help out, working on the family farm or outside of the home. Lavina lived her whole life on a 4th-grade education. The other lesson I learned, is that even one photo can spark a great story!
Just purchase a postcard picture of children/teachers of Niergarth School
Do you happen to know what year it is from? would you be willing to share a picture of the postcard?
Thank you in advance,
Rebecca
I own this property