This is an introduction to tomorrow’s post. The Pyramid School District in Washoe County was for a simple way to describe its location was between Constantia and Pyramid Lake. Tule Mountain a natural dividing barrier separating the two families that had children—Benoist and Olds.
When A.J. & Sarah Olds took up a homestead there with a brood of five young children, a school was going to be a necessity. However, the nearest the school was on the other side of Tule Mountain at the Benoist Ranch and Mrs. Benoist was not going to budge about relocating the school.
I can not do the story justice as to how Benoist and Olds came to terms. Sarah Olds in her book Twenty Miles From A Match provides such an entertaining account. Tomorrow, I will provide an introduction to this delightful book.