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Ten members of Tri Alpha in an initiation photo.
Standing: Lottie Warren, Janice Keating, Frances Maloit, Babe Elliott, Rosella Burbank
Seated: Tom Garnett, Bobby Perry, Shirley Erlandson, Quinn Beck, Ella Warren
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A program of events from the Graduation Exercises of Red Cliff Union High School, May 17, 1947. Both high school and eighth grade graduates were honored at the same program. Red Cliff Union High School was later shuttered and combined with Battle Mountain High School.
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A program for "Class Night" held at Red Cliff Union High School in Red Cliff, Colorado, on May 15, 1947. The event included music from the school band, awards, and a senior class play. The program appears to be two documents, but the third page ("Baccalaureate Service") was an insert provided in the program.
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"The teacher and girl students of McCoy's first High School of 1925. They are [from left]: Dora Ault, Florence Panting, Ethel Brooks, Mary Quinlan (teacher), Emma Panting and Mabel Van Horn. The building was just a made over shed and supplied by Mr. Van Horn, who was living on the former Frank Groh ranch at that time. The school equipment would probably draw a laugh from one of today's teachers but the students who graduated are comparable to the...
65) Off to Boulder
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"The whole gang that went to Boulder for the paper convention in November 1946." - June Frey. From left to right: Gwen Jude (front, left), Mrs. Fitzgerald, June Frey, Charles Ellis, Durbin McIlnay, Ruby Dump (front, right). All are bundled up for the snow and a few suitcases sit behind Durbin at right.
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June Frey's purple and gold high school letter for Orchestra from Gilman School in 1941. June graduated from Red Cliff Union High School in neighboring Red Cliff, Colorado, in 1947. The letter is a bright purple with velvet gold lettering, including the signatures of school officials. It is now hanging in the Red Cliff Museum.
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Who knew yearbooks were a useful historical artifact? Scroll through to select and flip through an entire yearbook or take a shortcut and use the "Search the Collection" below to find a specific person.
68) The Bulldog 1955
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The 1955 Bulldog includes panoramic photos of Red Cliff, the Arch Bridge, and the town itself. A lengthy senior section includes class prophecy, last will and testament, and a history of the senior class. Like most other Bulldog yearbooks, all grades 1st-12th are included. Several autograph pages are included with Red Cliff town business advertisements. "The Nugget", a school newsletter, is featured and EVLD does have some copies of this in our holdings....
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"Freshies at Eagle H.S. Sept. 10, 1915" Left to right: Merril Frasier, Mayme Long, George Ziegler, Hazel Harris, & Claude Peterson. The photograph is printed on a postcard, which also reads "From Buster (George Ziegler) to Mary Jane (Alda), the names we called each other September 29, 1915".
70) The Miner 1938
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"The Miner" was the official yearbook of Red Cliff Union High School. Each class has a 'class history', as well as photographs, names, clubs, and sports. Despite the small population and class sizes, many activities and clubs were offered for students. Impromptu snapshots offered by students are also included in the final pages showing a day in the life of Red Cliff and student jokes.
Heavily influenced by nearby mining town of Gilman, mine employees...
71) The Bulldog 1953
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The 1953 Red Cliff Union High School yearbook, "The Bulldog", features every class in attendance at Red Cliff at the time. A full staff and faculty listing is included, as well as several pages of snapshots, clubs, sports, and activities. Please note that the Junior class photo(s) and names are missing. Several pages of advertisements feature local businesses, most in Red Cliff, including a few important employers like the Climax Molybdenum mine &...
72) The Miner 1942
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The 1942 edition of The Miner includes a class history, student listings with ambitions, pet peeves, and school involvement. Students are only pictured in class photographs, no individuals. In these yearbooks, pages with photographs were glossy and printed on heavier paper while text pages were typed and copied (again, perhaps in an effort to save on time and cost). A class prophecy flashes forward to 1967, imagining what students are up to and what...
73) The Bulldog 1949
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In 1949, Red Cliff Union High School yearbook name has been changed to "The Bulldog". Despite the name change, local mines and mining are more involved than ever. This yearbook similarly features upper classmen and their accomplishments, sports, and clubs. Elementary and junior high classes, 3rd grade through 8th grade, are also listed in their entirety. A lengthy advertisement section-- featuring several grocery stores, liquor stores, service stations...
74) The Miner 1940
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The 1940 edition of The Miner is a bit different than other years: it is considerably shorter and does not feature other classes outside of high school and junior high. Clubs like the Home Demonstration clubs (very popular at the time), class play, newspaper, and sports rivalries are all mentioned. Many pages of advertisements feature businesses from Red Cliff to Leadville, varying from clothing stores, groceries, hotels, and cafes. Each student's...
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The Sophomore class of Eagle High School, 1925-26, on the school steps. Photo used in Lux Aquilae 1926, p. 24.
First row, from left: Allen Redmond, Cheridal Carlson, Harry Lewis, Kathryn Redmond, Frank Byers, Helen Jerrell.
Second row: Dorothy Arnold, Donald Macaulay, Marvin Gaut, Eugene Grant, LaVeta Randall, Melvin Eaton.
Back row: Donald Ginther, Teddy Lea, Harold Randall.
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Students standing on the front steps of Red Cliff Union High School.
Back row: Carl Squires, Chuck Dump, Quinn Beck, ____
Front row: Shirley Erlandson, Ruth Miller, Esther Mae Garner, Myra Enzenroth, --- Squires
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Gertrude Rader talks about the profession and lives of teachers, who were primarily women, in Western Colorado during the early Twentieth century. She discusses how, in small communities, women were expected to be much more than teachers including: Doctors’ assistants in a pinch, de facto members of the families that they boarded with in cases of illness or maternity, and moral pillars of the community. She includes many anecdotes from her own teaching...
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In a panel discussion at the Museum of Western Colorado, Esther (Anderson) Campbell talks about her experience as a teacher in country and town schools in Moffat County. Randall Deewer, former principal of the Hawthorne School in Grand Junction, Emma Louise McCreanor and others also describe their experiences in country schools. This recording was provided by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums...
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Eda Musser talks about life in Delta, Colorado after moving there in 1908, when she was thirteen. She discusses landmarks such as the LeVeta Park School, the Anna-Dora Opera House, and the Delta House Hotel. She describes her involvement in the Spoon Club and other aspects of social life. She speaks about her family’s move west from Illinois using an immigrant car. She talks about meeting and marrying rancher Kelso Musser and their move to Cedar...
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To mark the centennial celebration of the town of Grand Junction, Colorado in 1981, the Mesa County Oral History Project wrote and recorded several radio plays about local history. Beginning on September 26, 1981, local radio stations KSTR, KREX-AM, KREX-FM, and KMSA broadcast the plays. Authors of the plays used interviews recorded by the Mesa County Oral History Project as inspiration. This archival recording contains the play Early Day Schools...
