Home Away from Home

Oil on Canvas
16″ x 20 ”
$750
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Leonard Homestead
One section, which equals 640 acres, of each township (36 sections) was dedicated by the state to education. Yet, it was impossible in bad weather to gather all the children together in one building and return them home each evening. Across the field from the school, the ranchers in this area outside Miles City built a dug-out house, and the children lived there in bad weather, generally all winter. One parent stayed with them and cared for all.