Avondale High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Avondale, CO)

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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 -

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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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mn nun C mares? or avensats Con'?iV' p 1- fears ago LenordQ-Crossetyand Rifet contracted sod acres' ' of onions each year. Now they are. rown and sold individually. McNeil and Libby contracted pic Pas that were put up at their plant in North Avondale, but thi Whas been closed for yearsNdw tomatoes are contracted. buying in Avondale on a Beet Sugar Company, the Holly Sugar Corporation We are served by a Power Company furnishes Three sugar beet factories havebeen large scale,these being the American 'National Crystal Sugar Company and the modern bus line. The Southern Colorado electric power and lights for many of the farms, thus allowing us to have some of the been equipped farm homes in Colorado, Daily papers are brought to our doors by rural carriers. Ice is delivered in the summer daily by the Pueblo Ice Company. With only thirty minutes of pavedd rv- ingtfrom Pueblo, it is almost like living in a suburb of a large city. Avondale now has a consolidated accred1ted,h1gh school, a modern church, a modern hotel, an up-to-the-minute barber shop a general merchandise store, a soda fountain, a restaurant, a liquor store, a roomlng house, three garages and filling sta- tions combined, a newly built post office, and many nice homes that furnish thenbig littlen town of Avondale. YES? HE'LL PASS I've studies long and hard tonightg Tomorrow we write exams. My head is full of facts and dates, For new each student crams. Jamestown began in 1606, Or was it 1909? Columbus saw the Philippines In --- I forget the date. The square of six is sixty-six, And Shakespeare conquered Spain. Balboa crossed the Isthmus ' In a Ryan monoplane. Appollo sailed around the world In spite of a raging gale. Won't I surprise the teachers? They think I'm going to fail! Ho! Holt . 2 5.- is i9:li Se :Hifi Si1... .... ' ' -7 Q ' if -