Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 08/22/2008 11:10 PM
Updated by: Kim_Hamilton on 08/22/2008 11:11 PM
Expires: 01/01/2013 12:00 AM
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"Back to School Night 1861" at the Old Columbia Grammar School on Saturday
Columbia, CA....Learn what school was like in the mid 19th century. The public is invited to participate in Back to School Night, 1861, at the Old Columbia Grammar School in Columbia State Historic Park. Visitors will enjoy live music, schoolyard games, hand-cranked ice cream and classroom sessions led by costumed interpreters inside the old brick schoolhouse on the hill.....
The upstairs of the building will be open for visitors who wish to climb the old spiral staircase, and even ring the old schoolhouse bell.
The two-story brick schoolhouse is thought to be the oldest one of its kind in the state, and was first opened to students in 1861, to serve the educational needs of the growing mining town of Columbia.
It saw continuous use until 1937 when the new Columbia School on Parrotts Ferry Road, was opened.
Times: 5:00 to 8:00 PM.
August 23th, 2008 Saturday.
Sponsored by FRIENDS of Columbia State Historic Park
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