George Washington High School - Continental Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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CGNTI N ENTAL 5281262 WAS!-HNGTGN HIGH SEHGGL L98 ANGELES, CALZPGRNSA 1949

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FOREXYORD ll'hat stafl eoultl resist using California as a theme for a '-1-'J year hook? live eoultl not. Wveelis of research proyetl the suhjeet to he so vast that we were forceal to limit our- selyes in the ehoiee ol' material. XVe linally tleeitlenl to use only that short periotl in the 5-fllIClS history marketl by the nliseoyery of goltl in 1848 anal the aclmission of the state into the union in 1830. The hanner heaallines at the tops of the pages give a hrieli, consecutive account of that stirring era. The drawings on the four tliyision pages tlepict the empty tlesert helore the great rush hegan, the arrival of the goltl seelgers hy eoyerenl wagon, the hirth of the towns. anal the aalmission of the state into the union. The accompanying photographs show the heauties ol' California with its amazing de serts, rushing rivers, magestie mountains, antl rujgggeal Coastline. The pictures in the hook reveal the young people of California, some ol' them cle- seentlents of those early Argonauts, some of them newly arriyetl hy plane, train, or motor, hut all ol' them eager seekers for the varied wealth that Calilornia still offers to all. - 15. . bg- f ..yM'-sswiihm -fi..