![On the way to school. Country children en route to the Buckeye Grades School, - (See Photos-) near Marlinton, West Virginia. These come from some of the poorer farms and walk from 2 to 3 miles each way. One walked 4 miles all winter. In some country districts, the children go barefoot thro[ugh] the snow, several miles. (Not many.) Oct. 6, 1921. Pocahontas Co. Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvb24tdGhlLXdheS10by1zY2hvb2wtY291bnRyeS1jaGlsZHJlbi1lbi1yb3V0ZS10by10aGUtYnVja2V5ZS1ncmFkZXMtc2Nob29sLTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/252/jpg "On the way to school. Country children en route to the Buckeye Grades School, - (See Photos-) near Marlinton, West Virginia. These come from some of the poorer farms and walk from 2 to 3 miles each way. One walked 4 miles all winter. In some country districts, the children go barefoot thro[ugh] the snow, several miles. (Not many.) Oct. 6, 1921. Pocahontas Co. Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.")
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![On the way to school. Country children en route to the Buckeye Grades School, - (See Photos -) near Marlinton, West Virginia. These come from some of the poorer farms and walk from 2 to 3 miles each way. One walked 4 miles all winter. In some country districts, the children go barefoot thro[ugh] the snow, several miles. (Not many.) Oct. 6, 1921. Pocahontas Co. Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvb24tdGhlLXdheS10by1zY2hvb2wtY291bnRyeS1jaGlsZHJlbi1lbi1yb3V0ZS10by10aGUtYnVja2V5ZS1ncmFkZXMtc2Nob29sLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "On the way to school. Country children en route to the Buckeye Grades School, - (See Photos -) near Marlinton, West Virginia. These come from some of the poorer farms and walk from 2 to 3 miles each way. One walked 4 miles all winter. In some country districts, the children go barefoot thro[ugh] the snow, several miles. (Not many.) Oct. 6, 1921. Pocahontas Co. Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.")
![The "East Side" of Pocahontas Country. The Aldrich home, - Buckeye, near Marlinton, West Virginia. This is one of the worst homes in the county. Note the duck-coop, made out of an old trunk, - in front yard. Mother said "The colt kicked the winders out." She is a no-'count mountaineer from Kentucky and her husband is a shiftless farmer who has let this farm run down to worthlessness. His father ran a prosperous farm here and owned hundreds of acres but the son has run thro[ugh] it all. Typical of worst conditions in the country. Oct 6, 1921. Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWVhc3Qtc2lkZS1vZi1wb2NhaG9udGFzLWNvdW50cnktdGhlLWFsZHJpY2gtaG9tZS1idWNrZXllLW5lYXItbWFybGludG9uLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "The \"East Side\" of Pocahontas Country. The Aldrich home, - Buckeye, near Marlinton, West Virginia. This is one of the worst homes in the county. Note the duck-coop, made out of an old trunk, - in front yard. Mother said \"The colt kicked the winders out.\" She is a no-'count mountaineer from Kentucky and her husband is a shiftless farmer who has let this farm run down to worthlessness. His father ran a prosperous farm here and owned hundreds of acres but the son has run thro[ugh] it all. Typical of worst conditions in the country. Oct 6, 1921. Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.")
On the way to school. Country children en route to the Buckeye Grades School, - (See Photos-) near Marlinton, West Virginia. These come from some of the poorer farms and walk from 2 to 3 miles each way. One walked 4 miles all winter. In some country districts, the children go barefoot thro[ugh] the snow, several miles. (Not many.) Oct. 6, 1921. Pocahontas Co. Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.
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Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1921
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
Marlinton, 38.22345, -80.09451
Source
Library of Congress
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