Articles written by Susan Wold

Susan Wold|Aug 26, 2024

It's gone now. The site is now a leveled patch that will someday just grow grass. It used to grow minds. It's the city block that once was the home to the two-story solid brick school in Cathay, N.D. That brick building of knowledge was built to be indestructible. On January 31, 1919, the first two-story brick Cathay school burned to the ground. In March the town had a mass meeting to discuss a new building. The superintendent of schools recommended building a new modern, 10-room building. It...