Anna Rasmussen taught the first school in her claim shack in the summer of 1900. The benches and tables were homemade. Her sister, Christine, taught the following fall, using her brother’s shack as a school house.

    The first school building in Kenmare was on the lot of the McCommel residence with Miss Mary Miller as teacher. A large one was built, but it burned six months after completion in 1904. The following year the first half of a school was built. The second half was built in 1907 and dedicated in 1908. The Kenmare School Township was organized in June 1897, with Tom Ward, Henry Banning and Neil McBride as directors and P.M. Cole as treasurer.