Green Mountain School - school of Harold and Georgie Halverson on Irvine Flats west of Polson

Green Mountain School - the schoolhouse which Harold and Georgie attended on Irvine Flats west of Polson, Montana

The Green Mountain School located on Irvine Flats was moved to the Miracle of America museum in Polson, Montana,  which is where this picture was taken on November 16, 2013.

It needs a coat of paint and we hope to help paint it next summer!

Georgie Halverson on tricycle in front of the ranch house with the family dog at his side

Georgie Halverson on tricycle by the family dog in front of the ranch house

Rose and son Harold on Irvine Flats with a vintage car behind them.

Rose Halverson with son Harold on Irvine Flats 

This picture must have been taken by George Halverson, husband and father to Rose and Harold. The picture was taken next to the house as the road going by their ranch house can be seen in the background.  I believe Harold was born in 1908 so a guess as to how old he is in this picture would be 20 years old or so which would have been in 1928.

I am unsure what kind of car is pictured.

I talked with my Grandma Lilly today (September 9, 2014) and asked if she knew what type of car this would have been.

Lilly said that the only car she remembers Harold owning was a nice blue and white convertible. She thinks that George and Rose bought it for Harold. There may have been one payment for which  Harold had to earn the money. 

Lilly said that she remembers a canvas material on the back of the car  and if one looks closely at this picture one can see some sort of material on the back of the car so I believe this is the same car my grandmother remembers.

It appears the top of the car is white and perhaps the back panel may also be white. The rest of the car must be blue.

Of interest, is that after Harold and Lilly were married they converted the car into a truck so that they could put boxes in it to haul things.

Georgie Halverson with his sled on Irvine Flats in the early 1940's

Georgie with sled on Irvine Flats with the ranch house in the background probably in the early '40's

Georgie would sled down the hill going up to the ranch house in the winter. I believe we have a picture of Harold, his father, with a sled in the same vicinity many years earlier.

School Days on Irvine Flats at the Green Mountain School

Georgie Halverson with his Green Mountain School classmates on Irvine Flats just west of Polson Montana in 1946

I believe this may be the last class of the Green Mountain School as when Georgie was in 7th grade the country school was closed and the children were bused into Polson for school.

Update:  My dad, Dave (my husband), and I met at McDonalds the other day and he told me the names of the students in the picture - hooray!

They are: 

Back row: Georgie Halverson, Alvin Merritt, Mickie Davis, Everett Parsons, Joan Wigfield, and Joan Thompson.

Middle row:  

Wayne Thompson, Walt Vermadahl, Marcia Parsons, and  Joyce Wigfield

Front row:  Duane Eveland, Rex Merritt, Jimmy Burton, and Paul Parsons

Georgie loved this country school. He rode his horse to school every day. The school had a shelter for the horses while the children were in school. The school was about three miles from the ranch house.

He said he loved the books from which he learned his lessons. The books they used told history by using stories. He said that he learned more in this little country school than from the schooling at Polson High School from where he graduated in 1952.

This picture was taken by Rose Halverson. Rose took may pictures on the ranch. My dad, George (Georgie) calls her the Ansel Adams of Irvine Flats.

Sadly, (I think) the Green Mountain School was closed after this school year (1946-47). The Irvine Flats students were bused into Polson, therefore, Georgie finished his grade school years in Polson attending a Polson school for eighth grade.

1934 picture of baby Georgie with Harold, his father, his great-grandmother, and grandmother Rose

Picture taken around 1934 - Rose Nelson's mother, Rose Halverson, Harold Halverson, and Georgie Halverson

This picture was most likely taken on the homestead on Irvine Flats - I'm not sure what homestead. Harold and Lilly had their place near the orchard and then there was the George Halverson homestead.

Georgie, the baby, was born December 11, 1933 and looks to be about nine months or so.

Wedding picture of George Henry Halverson and Rose Nelson taken in Chicago in early 1900's before coming out to Montana

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