Forbes School
We visited Forbes in May of 2011 and got pictures of the town, plus this gallery of the former school.
Photos by Troy and Rat, copyright Sonic Tremor Media LLC
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[...] teeny tiny town is situated right on the border of North and South Dakota in Dickey County. The abandoned school there looked very interesting. A bright sunny afternoon provided for some great light to [...]
This is so sad to see how bad the school is wrecked,, My grandmother, Elizabeth Maier lived right across from the school, so anytime we would visit,, we kids would go over and play on the play ground, and play ball on the ball field,, along with any kids from Forbes that wanted to join us,, We had some fun times there, and Wedding receptions were held in the basement, where the blue benches are pictured,,, I guess you may say there are lots of Ghosts in these photos.. Thanks for posting this,, brings back so many memories
It saddens me to see this wonderful school in this condition. Even so, they bring back tons of memories of walking through those front doors and down the hall as the years passed and we worked our way down to the other end of the building. Thank you guys for including Forbes in your adventures.
My Grandparens, Lester and Molly Holmes too care of the school for most of my life. I remember going and watching my Grandma cook in the gym kitchen and my Grandfather do his janitorial work. It is sad to see it in that condition. I love the picture of the cottonwood tree growing out of the floor in the school. It makes me think that from old will come new once again.
Mother Nature really does take it back, doesn’t she?
I can’t help but wonder however, why these abandon buildings, like schools, aren’t stripped down and the resources used elsewhere. Surely someone, somewhere, could make use of this left behind stuff.
I was thinking the same thing
I too have to wnder why none of these buildings ever get sold or used to start some new place of business, but then most of the time, they are not set up to accomadate the purpose that they would be used for.. There is a place in Jamestown that is using the old School house for a computor business,and still has the rooms as if School was in session, and how awsome it is,, along with meeting rooms , so why could these not be used for this??? way to much red tape and we are in a throw away world,, throw away and buy or make somthing new….
Strip down a building that isn’t ours? No! No one said “Take what you need”, so we don’t!
I love the shots where the greenery is taking over and… the doorway looking through the broken wall. Love them!!
How long has the school been closed? Was it a single building that served all grades?
Not sure when the school closed. I graduated from there in 1972.
Thanks;;;Forbes People Store…The best sausage!
I do believe Lester Holmes was my bus driver also. My parents farm was about 5 miles NW of Forbes. No buildings left any more. The house was moved into Ellendale 36+ years ago & remodeled and is on a road in Ellendale towards the Ellendale Cemetary.
I enjoyed looking at the pictures. I attended shool there in 1941-1943.
Brings back many fond memories. My dad was Glenn “Jocko” Marshall.
i remember the basketball rivalry.. between forbes and monango.. they were always so much cooler i thought. lol
it was a simpler hlalthier time. we never thought that life would turn out this way.. my Americal looks alot like this school building.