A School Bell......................Cherry Creek Idaho is a area that is 9 miles South of Malad, Idaho. The "area" consists only of old farms that have been their since the 1800's. My Grandparents home was in this area. Their house was on the East side of what was at one time the main highway to Utah from Southeastern Idaho. Across the road was their barns and some of the working core of their farm. Just to the South about a city block or so was a small one room school house. I recall when I grew up that the side of the building had fallen and that the inside was accessible. Going inside you could see the old benches. Upstairs in a loft was some of the very old school books. At some point someone took the school bell and somehow it was passed on to my Dad. The bell was something that each morning was rang by the teacher in charge to let the kids know they needed to come in. In the one room classes from 1st grade to high school were taught. The school was something my Dad went to for several years. He started school in about 1920.  The bell sits on one of my shelf's as seen in the post from two days ago. (The keys of the old typewriter mentioned are in the background)