Cahokia High School - Cahochron Yearbook (Cahokia, IL)

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and dedicated to the Holy Family. The first haptism was the son of Michael Accult, a Frenchman. Ile married the daughter of a Kaskaslaia Chief and lmecame the first pere manent settler of Caholtia, then called Notre Dame de Kahokiaf' ln 1795 county government arrived. Gov- ernor Arthur St. Clair organized St. Clair County and made Caholtia the county seat until in l8l-l it was moved to Belleville. In I8-H the hlississippi River rose and flooded all the land from Alton to Kaslias- impressive hi itor, ltia causing many families to abandon Ca- hokia. A huge inland lake was formed hy the flood waters, not receding for several months, and stretching thirty miles in length, ten miles in width, and from twen- tv to forty feet in depth. It completely covered the fertile Bottoms and tore from their foundations and completely sulimerged everv structure huilt luv human hands. The inhalliitants of the village fled to the Bluffs and to St. Louis where sicltncss and disease followed and caused manv deaths. Malaria was their chief enemy. As the flood waters reeeded and the people returned to the devastated area, they found much new land had lieen added to the eastern shore of the Mississippi pushing the village of Caholtia farther away from the river. With the flood the thriving community declined in importance and remained a small, obscure town until recent years. Since then, growth of the area has heen steady enough to warrant the construction of huildings for husiness and pulilic service interests. One of these huildings, Caholiia junior and Senior lrligli School, is a com- munity landmarlt and an edifice deserving and receiving a great deal of communitv pride and respect. 1 f 1 uomsco ING .oo1'sALL ...MRD OCT 24 BPM itil Q, s . ,, 'wwgg si

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Old Chief. Return Vllc, the Cahochran stall, are cs- corting you on a tour through our school. ln so doing we have invited to our school llour little Indians, who were once Braves at Caholtia, to scout and record on these pages edu- cation and activities at Caholtia. CHIEF KNONV NOTHING, Faculty Chief, known and feared for his niighty swing ol' the paddle. snealted in to one ol those wild teachers' meetings, stumlnled our again with a satisliicd smirlt on hifi lace hut lailcd to disclose to his com- panions just what had taken place Cl IIIZI3 KNOW' IT ALL, Classes Chiel, was once the champion spit- wad thrower and terror of the halls, hut was greatly admired hy his fel- low students lor his wisdom and dis- tinguished bits ol' philosophy. CHIEF CIIA-CIIA Charlie, Ae- tivities Chief, one-time big wheel on. the dance floor and student council president, dropped in at several clulx meetings and dances. Ile recalled his own mercenary antics-setting up the student council as a money-malving, organization hy eharging admission to the jive-hive, establishing a used- car lot in the parlxing area, and sell- ing ticltets to a drag race on the circle drive. Cllllll: FICI ITINC SPIRIT, Sports Chiel, returned to Caholtiais athletic field to reminisce alzout the days when he had heen home-run king, when he scored twenty touch- downs in one llootluall game, and when he made llilitv points in one lrasltetliall game. Featured in each ol' their respec- tive sections, these lout' proud alumni will guide you through our school land. VVe intend the history recorded within this hook to he the garnish to the events already encased in your memory. Cchokic boasts first Post Office. v wg , , J - ret., if -V . - -,..-fn .f ' T . 'Qi 'M Q f2-'5 f - ' - - ,L-Q 1 z . 4. V- . - w W ' . Mediccl building modernizes Cuhokia view. I