Burnt Ridge, Washington

The Burnt Ridge school began in a log cabin structure, built out of one tree,^[10] in the late 1880s.^[11] It was replaced with a new building in 1905.^[12] The school was the sight of a disagreement that escalated to the county attorney general when a dance, deemed by some residents to be inappropriate, was held in the building during the Christmas season in 1913.^[13] The enrollment of Burnt Ridge District No. 40 was never large, with 11 students counted in 1914.^[14] That same year, the school adopted a "home credit" system which included credits for such tasks as cleaning one's teeth, feeding livestock, going to bed at a certain time, making or preparing food, or completing other various household chores.^[15]

A new two-room schoolhouse, made of hollow tile and containing a bell, was built in the 1920s.^[12][16] The students were visited by Governor Roland H. Hartley in 1929^[17] and the schoolhouse underwent extensive renovations, including plumbing and the repair of the veranda, in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).^[2] Due to a consolidation of the district with Onalaska, the school ceased being used in 1945. The school building was sold in September 1962 after earlier attempts were hindered for legal reasons. The grounds, listed at 2.65 acres (1.07 ha), were put up for auction a month later; the land sale was completed for $75.^[11][12]

In the area that was once the small community of Burnt Ridge is a 2,000 foot (610 metres) runway known as the Burnt Ridge Airstrip (WN74).^[2][18]