Claire Alferink, 8, of Middleville, runs in a field outside Detray School, an old one-room schoolhouse in Gaines Township on Monday. Alferink spent the day with her second grade class from Dutton Christian Elementay in the schoolhouse learning what it felt like to be a pioneer with feather pens, ink wells, and chalkboard slates. (Emily Zoladz | The Grand Rapids Press)