Early Columbia County School Photographs Collection
This collection contains 51 original photographs of school houses, some showing just the building while others include students or other people in the photograph. Some of the photographs show more than one school building for a school district at different times, eras, and locations. At one time, there were as many as 61 school districts with 54 of them having school buildings.

If anyone has additional photographs of schools not yet included in the collection, contact the Columbia County Rural Library District so additional photographs can be added to the collection. In addition, help us identify some of the students in the photographs. If anyone knows who a student is, please contact the Columbia County Rural Library District so the information can be added to the collection data.

Columbia County Heritage is a project of Washington Rural Heritage, a collection of historically significant materials residing in libraries, heritage institutions, and private collections throughout Washington State. The collection includes photographs, documents, and artifacts which tell the stories of Washington's small and rural communities.

Columbia County Rural Library District is located in the SE corner of Washington State at Dayton, Washington. The Library District is a newly formed library district in Washington State, being formed in 2005 with services being provided to a population of 4100 residents beginning January 1, 2008 in a city-owned building. The County Library District provides materials for all ages with books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, audiocassettes, videocassettes, Northwest history, reference and genealogical materials. The Library District offers online services, a teen Myspace page, and a blog through their web site.