History column: The old boxcar schoolhouse of Edom
Cradled by Harry Oliver, the diapered 1-year-old Todd Willis looked up, to where the famous writer and publisher pointed, at the leaky roof of the old boxcar schoolhouse. The picture of the old-timer desert rat and the youngest resident of Thousand Palms was published in the Press-Enterprise newspaper with an associated article written by baby Todd’s mother, Ardis Kay Willis, in 1955. The boxcar schoolhouse had been in the news before. “The fascinating tale of the box car school is one wh...
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Source: desertsun.com