Humboldt County High School - Winnada Yearbook (Winnemucca, NV)

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At the beginning of the new semester in February, new officers were elected for the remaining half of the year. Those elected were; President....Robert Bankofier Boys’ Yell-leader Merle Germain Vice-President..'Fred Holloway Girls’ Yell-leader E. Petrinovitch Seqretary..Louise Van Drielan Editor Humboldt Horace Adams Treasurer...........Ida Gregg Those holding the offices of Business Manager and Athletic Man- ager held their positions for the entire year. To show the progress that has been made in progressive govern- ment by the students, it is necessary only to recall that we began the year saddled with a debt of eighty dollars, and that the Student Body financed a basket-ball team, a track team, high school dances, and nu- merous smaller affairs, and in the end the Student Body came out j.head. f • HORACE ADAMS. LITERARY J “THE FOUNDING OF PARADISE” About the first of June, 1863, a number of men started from Star City with the intentions of prospecting the mountains on the north side of the Humboldt. They followed the western slope of mountains, and when they reached the summit and looked down, they saw a beautiful valley. They were very much surprised and exclaimed, “What a Para- dise!” and thus gave the name to the valley. The men were so elated with the discovery that they lost no time in taking possession of home- steads. In 1864 more people rushed into the valley. Mark Haviland and Jacob Hufferd were the first men to bring their families into the valley and later others followed. These pioneers made houses of turf and such other material as was on hand, and set up housekeeping with the pros- pect of eventually building comfortable homes. The following season the settlers engaged in farming. Early in the spring of 1865, thousands of savages that had been hiding in the canons made their appearance. Later on April fourth, two friendly Indians, who came to Nichols’ place very much excited, report- ed that in two or three days the Indians were going to kill all the white men, and advised, or rather entreated, them to leave immediately. Cir- cumstances prevented some from doing so, and some of the settlers were killed, while the others came to Winnemucca until the trouble was over. It was not until 1869 that the settlers felt sure of their homes. Since 1870 the settlement and improvement of the valley has been increasing rapidly. It is to these first settlers—these pioneers—that the West must turn to in gratitude and praise. These are the people who spanned the impossible—the East and the West—and made them one. DOROTHY HAVILAND.