Avondale High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Avondale, CO)

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l 1'EFlR.BllDK 7 HISTORY OF'AVONDALE -Q o . S, - .' . I V 1' ,fx A T I . V I ,U c v A, 5 J I ,U lvl T 55 Sixteen miles east of Pueblo, on the paved Santa Fe Trail in the Arkansas Valley is located Avondale, a lovely ,little village inhabited by energetic, home loving people. At present it is only a small town with many nice houses several promin- ent business concerns, and a modern schools Not so many years ago the picture was entirely differentg tae, never to- be for- Sa ta Fe Trail bein the main thorcfare for the old gotten, n , g ' o covered wagons and indians, who appeared from almost anywhere, surprising some'of the very old pioneers. Later the surround- , ing country was used for cattle raising and growing hay. . The , prairie south of here offered ideal conditions for grazing in is spring and summer. A , . , Avondale was so named in 1895 when the' post :office was moved from the Wallace Greene place about a mile east of here then known as Concord, to the present sight of the Taylor Mercantile Company's store. Later it was moved to-the building which is now Pete's Cafe. gl.: 2.- - 9:li ? 'mfg' S 20501 -Y-Ll -Q e..,..-.-ff to

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enn ann THE ANNUAL IS CHRISTENED How do you like our name, Uthe Blue end White Spotlifhtn? This nemo was ehesen from n group of about 50 which were entered in Q contest held for this purnese. ' 4 close second to this was hThe Trail Blnzern, but we felt that the WBlue and White Spetlightu was more fitting. A prize of n free nnnuel was jiven by the seniors to the person turning in the lueky name. This happened to be one of our prominent juniors, lm Vetn Reherts, We wish to compliment Ln Vote on her excellent ehoiee. KEEP ON KEE?ING ON If the dey looks kinder floomy, And your ennnees hinder sling If the situntion's puzzlinf und the prosnoets ewful slim, und nerplexitios keep pressln' Till all hope is nearly gone, Just bristle up and Crit your teeth, nnd keep on keepin' on Shunninn never wins a fight, And frettinf nover pnysg There ein't no good in hroedin' en The pessimistic wmys, Smile just kinder eheerfully, When hope is nearly Hone, and bristle up end Crit your teeth, lnnd keep on keepin' on , ' There nin't no use in Qrowlln' And irumblin' all the time, When mus1e's rinpin' ever'where, A , And everythin5's in rhyme. ' Just keep on smilinm cheerfully If hope is nearly cone, T And bristle upland writ your teeth, and keep on keepin' on L - . --Anonymous ll 'WK I YlA.ll ' - Ill 'mm Q Q 2 i i '5lli2 5 il Zlaghfliim -:za-azftzzg

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mn nun HISTORY OF AYONDALE , , fCon'tD e, - ' w 7fYn ,J f7W f Mail was brought from Nyburg with 'horse and buggy by Pablo Armljo. Also all supplies for the store were 'freighted in by team from Pueblo by John Ghaves, who died April l8,l94O. He probably could have told many interesting tales of his exe per1encee.,fA few years later a bridge was built across the Arhansas'R1ver between Avondale and North Avondale. The mail wae'then brought by train and by messenger to Avondale. The same method is still in use today. ' fQwQMr. J. S. Greene gave the land for our first school house and church. The building that was erected was used for both church and school and ls the house in which Mn. and Mrs. Schl- atterwncwglive. Later in 1895,A. M. Swartz aided by H.G. Mete .calffbullt the school house werer the bresent one is standing, butjrt burned down many ycarsjlater. After the fire the pres- ent school was erected. As near as could be learned,M1ss hude Blaine was the first teacher. 'Q The Bessemer ditch irrigation system was installed about 1890. Later the raising of cattle and hay gradually gave way to sugar beets and other row crops. In 1520 Mr. L. M. Johnsons Otto Klaus, Jim Hall, and Tom Fllgpin tried to ,raise a fewg cucumbers without much results.' ut in l9224fwhenQMr. Riddle moved to this part of the valley and started raising cucumbers for seed, the industry was found to'be adapted tcpthis soiland water conditions: and has gradually grown. NowfaboutM,7Og per cent of all the cucumbers grown in the world are grownlin the Arkansas Valley. 'Then followed the raising of cantaloupes and watermelons for both seed and market.' This met with much suc- cess. For many years acres of zlennas were grown along the trail. They were mixed and solid collrs which offered a gore geous sight, worth driving miles to see. g.,, The S. W. Aldred, Sterling Gawlfield, Bob Grant,AzM.Swrm and Washington Grites families were among the oldest. families here when Avondale began its struggle to be the-n1cettown.f it ,is today. Mrs. S. W. Aldred and Sterling Cawlfield are still .living near Avondale. F ' ' H A g A Q Mr. Fred Byers and Mr: French built our first Ablacksmith shop. Mr. Will Omstead built the house in which Mrs. ' Hobson lives. This was ,used for a store and dance hall. Later' hr. Anderson bbught it and it was known as the Farmers Union Store. ,. In 1901 the Avondale hotel was built by A. M. Swarty. and was operated by some of his descendents up to 1929. At this point Mrs. C. W. Woodyard began operating it. Later Mr.W1ll- .iam Crowle and his w1fe'purchased, remodeled, and refurnldwdit It was then one of the show places of Avondale, and one of the nicest hotels in the valley, A ' A ' .I vllx - J., A 'QVI . , s , . A iidil' M WISE 5 xyg f my -