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Country School Day Camps


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2023 Sessions: Cancelled
​9 a.m. - 3 p.m each day at the Gainey-McCarthy School

Step back in time to the days of one room schools that dotted the countryside of Winona County. This fun 2-day summer day camp has been a favorite with local students for more than 40 years! Held at the Gainey-McCarthy Schoolhouse at the Rural Heritage Museum in St. Charles, Minnesota, students explore what life as a rural student was like over 100 years ago. Students participate in historic classroom lessons, games, crafts, and more. Country School is taught by licensed teacher, Marjie VanCleave.
  • Cost: $60 Members, $75 Public 
  • Best for ages 7 to 12
  • All supplies are provided.
  • Historic clothing is available but students are welcome to wear their own if they wish.
  • Please bring a lunch that does not need refrigeration.
  • Restrooms are available on the Fairgrounds.
  • Students are to be dropped off  at 9 a.m. and picked up at 3 p.m. each day at the Rural Heritage Museum on the Winona County Fairgrounds in St. Charles. Visible from hwy 14 between Cabin Coffee and the Cenex Station. 
Register in person at the Winona County History Center in Winona or by calling 507-454-2723 ext. 0.
​Payment is due upon registration.  Registration is open until July 18 or full.

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Gainey-McCarthy School House


The Gainey-McCarthy School was part of District 119, on the edge of Whitewater. It originally sat on the Gainey Farm land and close their neighbors and relatives, the McCarthys. It was one of the last country schools in Winona County to be built being constructed in 1904.

Its unique style is what probably saved it when consolidation moved students to town. The angled entry and bell tower make this schoolhouse a one-of-a-kind among the more than 100 that  covered Winona County.
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