While out for a drive last Sunday, hubby eyed a sign, turned around, and the search began….down one long country road to another. What did we discover? A treasure from 1919, the year hubby’s dad was born. Diamond Point School, a one room school-house in Nowata County, Oklahoma ~
We sat in the car for a moment studying the grounds, then jumped out to explore. The slide was calling my name, but the steps going up were a bit wiggly…and as much as I wanted to take off down the thing, the extreme tilt to the right, plus the rust spots here and there, made hubby think he might not be able to catch me. #how long would it take the ambulance to find us?
Hands out! Catch me, hubby!
Plopping down in a swing, my first thought was whether or not the chains would hold me. I soon forgot about that. Do you remember flying~swinging? Yep, me too. I told hubby we were gonna have to get one of these.
We couldn’t help but wonder about all the little feet that had walked where we were now walking. First loves and first kisses. Fights and life long friendships. Jump-rope and games of chase. Brothers and sisters. Teachers and preachers and parents and picnics.
(Notice the little white outhouses in the far back, left and right side. They say “girls” and “boys”.)
Who was the last person to raise the American flag on this still sturdy pole….and what were they thinking when it was folded for the last time?
1919 to 1968. Bless those who graced this place and those who continue to preserve Diamond Point School ♥
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Ah…the famous merry-go-round photo! Now I see another favorite pastime – the teeter totter. These photos evoke good memories of the playgrounds of my youth. Thanks, Paula, for sharing yet another roadside adventure with us:)
🙂 We have driven so close to this place so many times…it pays to read the roadside signs! Some good memories for me as well, Jeannette. Thanks….I did miss the monkey bars though!
That school looks like it’s still in great shape. What a collage we could make from photos of old one-room schools.
I was surprised to find out it was built in 1919. A fun side trip. And yes….a grand collage! 🙂
So little but a great environment for young ones.
Agree…
How fun and quaint! Brings back memories. Lots of places still had outhouses when I was a young child, especially rural places. Schools had wooden teeter totters. And girls had to wear pants under their dresses to school especially in the winter. 🙂
Some good ….and not so good flashbacks. I recall a few intentional “bumps” on the tetter. And the shorts or pants things under the dress, for sure! 🙂
Yes, I remember some of those bumps as well. 🙂
This was a walk down memory lane for me. the last photo in particular, we had one of those and we played on it all the time. It was taken down and I have never ever seen one since.
I didn’t get on this one….but there is one in a nearby town I’ve played on more recently….and yep…I still get dizzy! 🙂 Looking back…I guess we were lucky there were not more injuries!
To me, it looks bigger than one room. You reckon a school bell was in the top of that tower?
I thought it looked bigger, too. The history we found on line confirmed it was a school bell tower. Pretty neat, huh?
Yep, AND it’s all brick. These days, stuff is built out of plastic (vinyl).
We had such playgrounds in England, and I spent many happy hours on the slide, see-saw and roundabout. 🙂 Thanks for the memories.
Glad to rekindle those good memories. Roundabout ~ love that term! ♥
What a cool find! The school house is so charming and looks in such great shape. Love the photo of you on the swing..perfect capture of childhood happiness. Marvin really does need to get his hands out of his pockets to be ready to catch you. The year before my father was born up through the year after I was…fun span of time to think about for this little school house and like you said..all the little feet and their interesting lives!
Wonderful! Love that someone is keeping it up. Took me on a trip down memory lane to my grammar school playground. We had monkey bars, too. The merry-go-round was my favorite. I missed out on lots of the fun, though, in first grade because my teacher made me draw a square in the dirt and stand there during recess because I cried every morning. (I’m sure that being punished for it helped a lot!).
Sounds like your teacher must have been
Well shame on that teacher. Like that made you happier to be there. Ya can’t help but wonder about some brains, huh? ;(
Love this1 Thank you.
Appreciate your visit!
I’m 25 now and can still remember in the 4th grade we took a filed trip to this school it was so fun we got to go inside and have class like they would back in the day we got to make paper to do our math on and go out to play and have lunch I think the 4th graders go every year I know they are this year 2016
That is awesome!
Thanks for posting the great pictures – My mom and all of my uncles attended Diamond Point. I’ve never seen it myself but I would love to visit someday.
That is awesome that your family has history here! If you are ever in that area you should go by and soak in the memories. ♡ We have since moved away. Glad we found it before we left. A treasure.