Sod school, District 62, 2 miles west of Merna, Custer County, Nebraska, 1889. In 1974, S. T. Lyon, Jr. identified the teacher as Elsie Thomas, who later married a Mr. Bidgood. The girls in the back row, second to the left of the teacher is Nettie Hannawald, who also appears with her parents in RG2608-1015.