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    Country cemetery. Cheap burial plot costs. No much maintenance so you need to cut the weeds ect yourself.

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    Rhoads School House

    Rhoads School House

    4.0(2 reviews)
    41.7 mi

    The original Rhoads School House was built in 1849 by James Sheldon. The school house was named…read moreafter James brother-in-law (John Pierce Rhoads) whom was one of the rescuers of the Donner Party. In 1872 the school had to be closed due to the fact that children were getting sick from malaria. The malaria was spread by mosquitoes from Cosumnes River. Shortly after a new school house was built on Sloughhouse Road and stayed open until 1949. The Elk Grove Historical Society completed the restoration of the school house in 1977 and moved it to the Elk Grove Regional Park. Today the school house serves as a meeting room for the historical society, a living history museum for school children where they can see and experience life in the 1800's. This is a place where children as well as adults would find very interesting. If interested, please call the "Elk Grove Historical Society for dates and time. Enjoy!

    Such a good experience for myself and school age children to get a feel of what being a student…read moreback in the 1880's was like! Recently, I chaperoned a 3rd grade field trip to the Rhoad's School House and enjoyed most of the experience. I believe theres an organization who volunteers to do this experiment. Upon our arrival, we were given popular names from back in the 1880s. My name was Mistress Smith. The teacher gave an introduction and laid out the rules for the kids before starting. She did a great job acting out what it would be like back in the day; being stern with the kids especially. I don't want to explain too much of what actually happened because I want you to experience it for yourselves. Basically, it's in an actual school house that was restored by students with a lot of the original wood and studs. Throughout the classroom you'll find antiques and trinkets that may or may not have been found with the original school house, a fire place that we actually used for heat, some historical pics of the restoration, and so much more. The kids did activities like jacks, stilts and pen writing with a pen and feather. A huge con for me was I spent more time taking the kids to use the bathrooms across from the school house. There's not path either and the grass was wet so my shoes got dirty and I had to make sure my costume rental wouldn't get messed up. Overall, I enjoyed the experience but the kids not so much. I just don't think 3rd graders can appreciate the experience so maybe another year or so would've been a different story.

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