Abraham Lincoln High School - Crimson and Blue Yearbook (Council Bluffs, IA)

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5, QW' X Unless it is Kentucky, his birthplace, or New Salem and Springfield in lllinois, hardly a place has greater claim to link the immortal Abe with its region than has Council Bluffs. The lite of Lincoln is associated with many phases of Council Bluffs history. ln August, 1850, Lincoln visited Council Bluffs on a trip to the West. During his stay here, he made his residence at the Pacific House, located where the john Beno Company now stands. Soon the town buzzed with curiosity to see the 'rail-splitter' who had debated the urbane Senator Douglas. Citizens had their opportunity when Lincoln spoke on the issues of the day at Con- cert llall tpresent Strand Theater locationj. Most important, Lincoln climbed atop one of the many clay bluffs overlooking the Misa souri River and decided that the broad valley b:low would be an ideal site for the eastern and western railroads to join. This decision had a far-reaching effect on local history, for in ISO3 President Lincoln selected Council Bluffs as the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific, and Council Bluffs was to become one of the most important railroad towns in the Middle West. s A P tm W Llvvi it I.:-1 ig tfuuruil Bluffs lflces to mmu' tlvirufs after Liruuln. fI.L. Tluflv School, fnictitrcd above, fl ilanule, tl nuuket, ti street, and It real estate addition me only it few tommermvmtirut his name. Uvviau Rimini Ulit liunu' of ffL'HL'l'Ilf UI't'tll7l'flL' QW. llodtte. 'Tlvis funuluu liirufnuuky built flu' Year the 'Union Muifft uius tuvufileletf, overlooks it network of mil- ruiuls lnemiml out Liruulrrs frrefilrety nlmut tfouncil Bluffs filmtv milromts will tenter in this town. Bill Boy, ttifuit 'tluiun Ptuific crutiru' slvuwn at rutlit, svmhulizes tlu' euilvt nuifm railrutufs torment' nut at tlnmtil Bluffs.

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Fturrilittr ttr fl L. stintertts, this small Lirlurlrr Nlt1fltL'tlf the head ul the south stairs rctrmirrs it rrivsterv its tu title and identity ul wttrltrltrr. Files txt ttrumtl lthttls turd Urrntlrtt Iilrrttries tmtl the lirslyrl flrt llltNL'ItHl hture jttiletl ttr swim' the rittille. Whert Council Bluffs lligh School became Abraham Lincoln High, the school on the hill received more than a great name. Wfe students received an ideal for youthful ambitions-all the virtues of Lincoln to live up to in our everyday life and conduct: the searching curiosity of self-education, farsighted vision, kindness for the less fortunate, self-sacrificing leader- ship, achievement with humility, patient wisdom, and integrity. That the spirit of Lincoln pervades our school is demonstrated in such tangible things as statuary and paintings, shown on this page, and in such subtle and elusive things as a literature student meeting the mind of Lincoln in the Second Inaugural Address, or a boy on the football held learning to measure up to the manliness and leadership of Lincoln. Bl ll tilll l tl.l. IL lmteritw ttrrrretrrttrrlttutwxthLxr1ttrlrl ls they truss this stative in the errtrtutte nrt rulv thrtrxrtth the txrt irhtetts tllltittf the hull, jew students realize that it is it repro tlirrl hut ttlwtr in their studies. Pupils in tttrttitrrl uf the fttrrtuus .fluituxltu St. trttuderrs 'TWU Wtlilttt tltlttlill' UNC vt UH' WNY el flil' tritim literature thus tire whuttrn mfr trrlttirml in thitrttttfs Lincoln Pttrlc. 'The 1-WNV! l'lll 'f'N'ltN 'U'l lttlttlwrtk ' The rrrurtxrttt their tcwtlurolc stxtttw' of Lirxttrhr statue was preserrtetl to the stbtrtrl by the BUY Lflluiltlfv diwlrlttvett in Rumi: tm. urtth it hrtllutiu lrtrrtrtl ittwtrluy. thus of If rs., iv