About a year ago, as I was in the process of moving from Kansas City to Denver, I made a number of trips back-and-forth, either in a 24-foot Budget rental truck or my old Jeep Cherokee. On the first trip, I shot across I-70, trying to go as fast as I could travel. Like most folks, I first thought the trip to be rather boring. I didn't think there was much to see. But starting with the second trip, I decided to take the US and state highways, traveling through dozens of small towns. The trip took much longer, but there were plenty of great subjects for my camera. Schoolhouses, like this one, are mostly all gone, but a few still stand. Some have been converted to barns and other farm shelters. Most are just left to slowly deteriorate. The majority were built in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Those that still stand are a testament to the hearty and strong pioneers who first settled across the Great Plains.