The Bridsons
Ida has this many siblings.
What is 2?
Though it does not have a Nintendo console, the schoolhouse contains a stick made of aspen used for disciplining children, called this.
What is a switch?
What is 8?
This is a word for a bathroom.
What is a privy?
This man thinks women have "no need" to go to high school, and is the president of the Elk Valley school board.
Who is Mr. Jordan?
Ida's 7-year old brother (and Elk Valley classmate) has this name
The Bridsons drive the most popular (and inexpensive) car of the 1920s, a Ford model with this name.
Teachers use this word to describe a textbook.
What is a primer?
This word both describes turning milk into butter, and thinking about the same idea over and over again.
What is churning?
She was the beloved Elk Valley Schoolhouse teacher before Ida Bridson.
Who is Miss Fletcher?
The Bridsons own several animals, but their main source of income is from this one animal type.
What is sheep?
Women gained this right of citizenship in for the first time in 1920.
What is the right to vote?
Teachers in the 1920s did not typically have their own home, and would be forced to quit their job if they decided to do this.
What is get married?
This is the word for the sound sheep make.
What is bleating?
This Elk Valley 8th grader, who rides a mule to school, is Ida's best friend.
Who is Tom Kohl?
Who is Shelby?
Women living in big cities and enjoying the "night life" were given this name.
What is flapper?
What is corporal punishment?
This word describes someone who is stingy with their money.
What is skinflint?
This student takes pride in being a troublemaker, and often skips school to help out on the family farm.
Who is Herbert Bixler?
This is the nearest big city to Elk Valley, Colorado
What is Denver?
This is how the Bridson home and the Elk Valley Schoolhouse get heat.
What is a wood-burning stove?
Many teachers were themselves teenagers or in their early 20s. In order to be qualified to teach, they only needed to pass this grade.
What is 8th grade?
This word is French in origin and describes a suitcase (literally means "carried by hand).
What is a portmanteau?
This man, the president of the bank, drives Miss Fletcher to the train station on her last day.
Who is Mr. Plumstead?