Spring is class field trip season, for more than just a road trip

 

June 15, 2016

Steve Edwards

Mya Beireth, kneeling, and Listat Gonzalez, standing to the right of the photo, check out the crosscut saw used by state Senator Fred Robinson and Montana Governor J. Hugo Aronson. In 1959 the saw was used to cut a cottonwood log in two during the dedication of the Robinson bridge across the Missouri River. The sawing was akin to a 'ribbon cutting' to open the new bridge.

The spring field trip season is done for this year. It's that time of the year that you see a lot of school buses parked in front of regional museums and historic sites. Along the Hi-Line the kids were taking to the highways and byways for their annual field trips.

Students and teachers seem to relish a few hours away from the classroom and a chance to learn in a new environment. Museum directors and volunteers look forward to the visits as it gives them a chance to showcase their facilities and briefly capture the minds of kids who are of a generation that gets their information electronic...



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