Small town, heartbreaking past.

^{Driving into Riceton sk one of the first things that caught my eye was this beautiful old church. To me (a hopeless romantic) the bell tower looks like a castle. This old united church is sitting empty. The back parking area looks like it is being used to store some heavy equipment. Standing there you realize there is no noise nothing! No people talking, no cars, it feels totally empty.}

^{Driving around you see a mix of old run down houses that look like someone is living in and newer redone homes. One thing that impressed me was all the yards seem very well kept.}

^{Wasn’t hard to find what we came to this town looking for in the first place. This abandoned school. Just sitting there all by itself. Riceton school closed in 1995. It’s looks like it was just locked up and left. One of the big trees near the front of the school looks like it split and a huge part of it is laying across the front sidewalk. There looks to be a older foundation next to the school. If I had guess I’d say it was from a old school. Denver school 1912-1933.}

^{Still seemed overly quiet. No kids playing. No people walking around enjoying the beautiful weather. Because I am nosy I did some digging and that’s when I realized this small towns heartbreak. In 2017 a 6 yr old boy living with his grandparents was killed. Mauled to death by the 2 large dogs the family owned. I won’t go into detail if you want more information google it. In a town this small everyone would know everyone and I am sure a tragedy like this would have touched many lives.}

^{As we were heading out of town we saw this cool old one room school on the side of the road. It looked like it had been moved there ( very possible that it was the Denver school). The building looked haphazardly placed on a ill fitting foundation and the front steps were just propped up.}