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An appreciative crowd of Bear Valley Springs residents were among nearly 120 guests who celebrated the re-opening of the historical Bear Valley School house. The one-room school was built in Bear Valley in 1872 by local ranching families so their children would not have to travel outside the valley to obtain an education. The school was used by the Fickert children, as well as children from neighboring ranches and farms within the valley. Over the years, as neighboring ranches were bought up and the valley population shifted, the old school house fell into disrepair. It was eventually moved closer to the Fickert Ranch Headquarters and for years served as a bunkhouse for ranch hands and cowboys. Dart Industries developed the gated community of Bear Valley Springs in the early 1970s and the school house was once again moved, this time to its present location near the Whiting Center. It has been open over the years for viewing, but was allowed to deteriorate before the...
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