From the time when kids had to walk up hill both ways in a blizzard to get to school, The Yuma County Historical society has set out to locate and mark all the old country schools
Dist 97 only ran for 4 years. In 1916 there was a vote to split district 90 in half. District 97 got the New Hope school house. In 1920 they joined back together and moved thier school houses into Joes to become Joes consolidated