People and places, teachers and students, facts and humor tell the story of the rural schools of Beltrami County, from the beginnings in settler’s cabins in the 1890s to the final consolidation in 1970. Over the past century Beltrami County had 125 rural schools, more than in any of the state’s other 86 counties. This book, illustrated with many photos, is a unique history of one Minnesota county's rural schools, township by township.