Category: TRAIL & AREA

CASINO

A black and white photograph of the interior of Casino School, featuring an early 20th-century classroom setting. Wooden desks arranged in neat rows face the teacher's desk at the front, where a young student sits, adding a personal touch to the scene. The room is heated by a prominent wood-burning stove near the center, a common fixture of the time. Large windows with diamond-shaped panes provide ample natural light, reflecting off the wooden floors. Educational posters and a world globe suggest a focus on geography and history, while the room's high ceiling and dark wood cabinetry exude a sense of the era's educational environment. The simplicity and order of the classroom highlight the utilitarian approach to education of that period.

Casino is a small rural community south of Trail on the west side of the Columbia River. A school was established to serve the children in the area in 1938 with 14 pupils in attendance. The school was closed in June, 1957 and the pupils were transferred to Central School. The building is now used […]

ANNABLE AND JL WEBSTER ELEMENTARY

A black and white photograph from around 1932 of a group of students at Annable School. There are three rows of children, with girls mainly in the back and middle rows, and boys in the front, all positioned in front of the school's entrance. The students are dressed in the simple, practical attire of the era, with the boys in button-up shirts and slacks, some with ties, and the girls in a mix of dresses and blouses with skirts. A few students are kneeling in the front row, while the others stand straight and tall. Two female teachers stand amidst the students, wearing period-appropriate clothing. The children exhibit a range of expressions from smiles to serious gazes, providing a candid glimpse into the school life of that time. The school building behind them is modest, with a visible entrance and large windows, characteristic of early 20th-century rural school architecture.

The first record of a school in Annable, a residential area just west of Trail (now part of Warfield), was in 1912. It was a one room wooden structure located on Montcalm Road. It had 18 pupils in its first year of classes. It operated at this location until 1934 when a new and larger […]

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