Otter Tail County’s many country schools remembered

Otter Tail County’s many country schools remembered

By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Country schools are fondly remembered by former students. At one time, Otter Tail County’s 289 rural schools were the most of any county in Minnesota. The Stock families had several social outlets in Western Township in southwestern Otter Tail County, mainly the District 56 school that housed first through eighth grade.  “It...