The Iroquois School was built in 1885, the year of the Northwest Rebellion. It was built of poplar logs hewed with a broad axe, the floor was white poplar, the desks were home made of plain boards, it was heated by a stack of cordwood. The school was built beside the Carlton or Hudson Bay trail that went to Edmonton by way of Fort Ellice and Carlton was built by the settlers of the district, and was quite snug and warm.

The first teacher of the school was James A. Caulder, a young man from Ontario, he was eighteen, and in later years was the Honorable James A. Caulder in the Saskatchewan parliament.

The children got a fair education considering the school was only offered in the summer months as the winters in the early days were very severe. The school was built on the southeast quarter of Section 10 Range 15 Township 16. The playground for games was on the road allowance going north and south. The second school was built in 1906. The location was accepted by the ones from the northeast, but in 1907 they raised a fuss, and it was moved to the northeast corner of the section where the third and present school stands.

We had our sports then too. Our baseball team won in the field days three years in succession, winning the Silver Cup presented by J.G Norris, member of parliament. Other schools called us the Iroquois Indians, and indeed we lived like them, hunting rabbits with home bade bows and arrows with a horseshoe nail for a point. We had a good time and made our own entertainment, they were carefree happy days.