Giving Thanks at A One Room School

Nebraska Stories

Air Date: 11/15/2009

In 1997, Nebraska Public Media spent a year inside Burr Oak School, a one-room schoolhouse in Custer County, just before it closed for good. The building may be quiet now, but the memories still echo. This story looks back on Burr Oak’s cherished Thanksgiving traditions and the strong sense of community that made the school so special.