After 7 months of actively working on the move of the Reese School and two false starts, the Reese School finally started down Grant Line Road at 6:30 am 3 December 2006. The move included over 50 people that worked the entire 9 hour trip that covered 4.6 miles. People involved in the physical move included the Historical Society, City of Elk Grove, Montgomery Contractors, SMUD, Westech Industries, Comcast, Union Pacific Railroad, Tree Tech of Sacramento and Russell Newland with a group of volunteers, that included Newland Trucking, to help pave the way.

The move involved many stops along the way. The loaded width was 39 feet and the loaded length was 85 feet. We stopped frequently to remove signs or trim trees. Along the way were many bystanders taking pictures. The Elk Grove Police escort included six officers during most of the move and sometimes more.

Getting the fragile 122 year old building down the road in one piece involved a lot of work and many stops. Here the Reese School rests on Grant Line Road while Tree Tech and Russell Newland's crew trim trees and clean up the road.

The Reese School passes newly trimmed trees along Grant Line Road. Because we could only trim what was necessary from the native oak trees, we had to trim as we went. Here you can see there usually wasn't an inch to spare between the trees.

The Reese School finally clears the Union Pacific railroad tracks to the cheers of Historical Society members that waited hours by the tracks to see the aged, stately school pass by.

Members of the Elk Grove Historical Society anxiously await the arrival of the historic Reese School at the Elk Grove Heritage Park.

The expert driving of Steve Montgomery of Montgomery Contractors pays off when the Reese School is safely delivered to the Elk Grove Heritage Park 9 hours after its last journey started. It will now sit quietly and safely among the oaks as the Historical Society starts the enormous task of raising the funds to restore it to its former glory.

With only a 55 foot opening, it took skilled driving to make the more than 90 degree turn into our museum grounds.

The end of one journey marks the beginning of another. From a one room school house that served the community, to a farm building used as a cookhouse and to store hops, a now fragile 122 year old Reese School awaits the last journey in its historic life - restoration.