Granite City High School - Warrior Yearbook (Granite City, IL)

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• • 1. A familiar sight to the GCHS S student is the abundance of school buses. 2. The blast furnace lights the Granite City sky in the long hours of the evening. 3. The monument which adorned the front lawn of the Coolidge campus is no longer there. The art object was removed in October. 4. A frozen moment in Granite City. 5. Granite City South ' s campus. Granite City 3

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IN OUR LITTLE TOWN 2 Granite City

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TICKET TO RIDE It was a sad day in October when the last train left St. Louis ' renowned Union Station. The 84-year-old station was once the grandest of them all and one of the busiest in the U.S. At one time it catered to a daily sound of 400 trains including holiday travelers, commuters, and service men. Recently, however, the flow of trains has dwindled to a mere eight to ten a day, causing the station to close its doors to train passengers. Nevertheless, tradition is continu- ing in St. Louis with the expanded interest in balloon racing. The rich ballooning heritage that is described in history pages comes to life in St. Louis at the Great Forest Park Balloon Race. What began with some local balloonists inviting their friends to a rally in a park some six years ago has now grown to be the best attended balloon- ing event in the U.S. The Missouri Botanical Garden (Shaw ' s Garden) is also a tradition in St. Louis. This is one of the world ' s largest botanical gardens. The Climatron, a two-level geodesic dome greenhouse, has climate control which permits an unpartitioned variety of tropical and sub-tropical displays. The garden was once the residence of Henry Shaw. He founded the garden over one hundred years ago. 4 St. Louis