Chino Vocational High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Chino, CA)

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CROMBIE ALLEN

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- — CAl fl To Mr. Crombie Allen, pioneer resident of Pomona Val- ley, pioneer journalist. Rotation Ambassador of Goodwill, constant friend of the California Junior Republic, and donor of the annual Crombie Allen Award for Citizenship, we cordially dedicate the 1942 edition of Blue and White. His is the spirit of progress by struggle, of honest success by self-discipline, of brotherhood through kindness and gen- erosity.

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m illMLD Perhaps no other period in the history of America is filled with more color, more excitement and daring than that in which the white man tried to conquer the untamed and expansive West. Not only was the adventurer confronted with some mutual understanding, but he faced the task of conquering climatic elements which were treacherous and defiant. The need for communication and tangible link between East and West was great. Finally in March of 1857 Con- gress passed a bill which brought into being the Butterfield Overland Mail. At San Francisco October 16, 1858, the Butterfield Over- land Coach completed its epoch making journey from St. Louis. As a tribute to both founder and driver, the first Over- land Mail by way of Jefferson City and Springfield, Mis- souri, Fort Smith, Ark., and Preston, Texas, completed its journey without a mishap. Hindered by rough mountain pas- ses, deep mud holes, and treacherous quicksands, stopped by swollen streams and hostile Indians, the Overland Mail in spite of these difficulties made its perilous and uncertain trip to its destination. Thus a new era in the expansion and set- tlement of the West was enacted. Settlement followed the course of the road this stage made possible, so that now the East and West are linked together by a chain of living Americans which can never be broken.