The school at Climax, Oregon, on Antelope Creek north of Grizzly Peak, had been unable to keep a teacher for a full term for several years. One woman reported the sticky mud was so bad on the trail to school that it weighed down the hem of her skirt and crept up her back to her neck.The community was so isolated it took the mail carrier all day on horseback to bring the mail from Eagle Point. Even after hearing the stories, Norma Waltermire agreed to teach in Climax for the summer of [...]
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