The Frary family's modest little home was the center of their life on a remote island, where the children received their education, enjoyed homespun entertainment, and gathered with the family in times of joy and sorrow. Before moving west, Alice Frary had been a school teacher in Wisconsin, and she taught her children at home from her old textbooks. To stay informed of current events, the family read periodicals, magazines, and other materials given to them by friends and family. During the winters, the children studied, quizzed one another, read, drew, and made up stories that they illustrated. One of the family's prized possessions was Alice's little pipe organ, and in the quiet evening hours music filled the house as the Frarys gathered to sing hymns and harmonize together. When the family left in 1902, many possessions, including the pipe organ, were left behind. Time and weather took their toll on the once beloved home, leaving only scattered remnants. Grace May Frary recalled that Uncle Will Bentley and her father built the long rectangular house facing east, later adding a partition about two-thirds of the way along its length and a slanting addition on the west side that held the kitchen in one half and Guy's sleeping place in the other, while the north end served as the family's bedroom.