Margaret Rieck

From the Busse autograph collection.


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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

So many of these autographs are dated January 13, 1909, that I wonder if Lena brought her new album to school that day and circulated it among her friends.

Margaret was born in 1896 to Fred and Sofie Rieck, both German immigrants. I believe that Sofie, widowed in 1916, would later marry John Kegebein, who had once farmed his land half a mile north of Ainsworth. But as for Margaret, I have not been able to trace her beyond the 1910 Census, nor do I have a photo of her.

Ainsworth School: Interior

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Images in this post courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

The caption says this is circa 1900.

What are those birds on the blackboard holding the "Roll of Honor" banner? — sandhill cranes?

"The Hunter and the Woodman" is one of Aesop's fables.

Here's another exterior shot of the schoolhouse. No date is given and the photo is not clear enough for me to tell whether the schoolhouse has one room or two at this point.