arney school

One objective of photography is to preserve the past. The January 22 posting on Melinda's "One Day One Image" of the burnt out Arney School prompted me to find the photo of the school I had taken -- unaware that I was shooting a piece of history. The Arney School started as a one-room building in 1901 to school children of the nearby ranchers. It also housed the Baptist Church for a while. Arney consolidated with Dimmitt in 1945 and the school building continued as a community center. Arney School received a Texas Historic marker in 1985. Now all that remains of the pioneer community is the marker.

Castro County, Texas
10.9.2005