Sheridan Lake High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Sheridan Lake, CO)

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Parent Teacher ASSOCIGUOD One of the outstandmg features of the educatxonal program durmg the school year 1950 51 was the estabhshment and orgamza tzon of the Sheridan Lake Parent Teacher Assoc1at1on An orgamzatlonal meetmg was held 1n September 1950 at whxch txme members were enrolled offxcers elected rules and regulatxons agreed upon and plans made for affzhatlng with the Natmonal Congress of Parents and Teachers All meetmgs of the group were held ln the school buxldxng Pro grams var1ed and cons1sted of muslcal events, dxscussrons and varrous types of educatxonal events Perhaps the outstandmg educat1onal program of the year was an open house whlch was held xn conjunctxon w1th the February meetxng A typxcal school day ln mxnxature was presented and all phases of school hfe was opened for the observatlon, crltzcxsm and suggestlons of the parents Tlus event also afforded an opportumty for parents to dlscuss wlth the teachers any personal d1ff1cult1es 1nvo1v1ng thexr chzl dren regardmng school l1fe Thus far the Shendan Lake Parent Teacher ASSOC13t10n has been an outstandmg success It IS hoped that thxs orgamzatlon w1l1 con txnue to thr1ve many more years and that It w1ll contmue to bestow many worth wlule benefxts upon the chxldren of the Sherldan Lake School I u I - D - . . - . . f I I D I I . . - I . .. ,, . . . . . . I - Q 1 - I - I

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History ol Sherldan Lake Colorado In Kxowa County Colorado has long been known as the Land of Sunshme wxth xts mrld wmters and pleasant summers To the old settlers rn Krowa County nothxng IS more apparent than the change xn the atmospherlc humldlty ln the1r earlier ploneer days dews and frosts were seldom seen today It IS almost as common as ln the more humrd states Many years back about forty three years Sherxdan Lake was a brg resort town There was a bzg lake wxth a hotel and all the fac1l1t1es People came for mxles around to regaxn therr health At that txme land was bemg homesteaded The county seat was at Sherldan Lake Eads wanted th1s county seat real bad so they put rt to a vote a few txmes Sherrdan Lake won every trme One mght a few of the Eads offrcers came over on a flat car after the courthouse was burned down and took the vault and all the papers Sherrdan Lake dldn t want any blood shed so they just gave ln, and now Eads stxll has the county seat The frrst offzcers nn the courthouse were Ramond Mxller H A Long J H Booker Arther Standard Mr Brrch and Judge Allen At that trme the population was about four or fwe hundred A few years later the population was one hundred Cattle and wheat were the follow mg occupatxons occurred, H K. Albnght, lxvestock, W H Albrxght, hvestock, Amerxcan Legxon Post No 144 Bassett Bros General Merchandxse, Contmental O11 Co John Doll agt John Goreckx Garage, Green Tavern Hotel, Audrey Helms, Prop J D Infmeld Gram and Elevator Co , E11 Myer, Blacksmzth, Kathryn Pomsett, Notary, L A Pomsett, real estate Anna A Runyon, postrnaster, J S Seddorn, Agt Mrssourr Pacrfrc Rarlroad, Western Home Land Co , L A Pomsett, manager, R Wxlson, prmcxpal of school Mr Krowa Albrrght was the fzrst whlte boy born mn Krowa County Sherxdan Lake 1S located on the mam l1ne of the Mxssourx Pacrfxc Ramlway fourteen mlles from the Kansas l1ne It IS prospermg and growrng rapidly Klowa County Colorado as located in the eastern part of the state extend1ng from the Kansas state l1ne westward erghty mrles Its wrdth from north to south 1S twenty four mules The M1ssour1 Pacrfrc Rarlway enters the county at the east l1ne and extends westward through the center of the county to the west l1ne and on to Pueblo The surface varles from a level to a slrghtly undulatmg plam whlch rs traversed from north to south by three streams Bxg Sandy Rush Creek and Adobe Creek An abundance of sheet water IS found along the streams at a depth of four to twentv feet Th1s water can be used for 1rr1gat1on 1f desxrt d as the q llntxty lS pra t cally lnexhaustxble L . . . I ,, , ,, . . . . c I s 5 Q . 9 ' I - . . , . . D Q I l . . , . . . 0 I I O I I Q I , . . . - . , . . . i I ll ll I l O D - ' OI I DI C I . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . I . . Y I I . - . . ' I 1 . . . . . , . 1 . . I I Q is . I C iv fig, H, be f 'I'l'l7 'e