Molalla Union High School - Arrow Yearbook (Molalla, OR)

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x slr .elif S 8 an STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT t ad? w Darla Moshberger Pictured are: D, Ditrich, C. Chindgren. R. HUISI, J. Maben, G. M3bCH, D, Moshberger, R, Lewis, S, Marson President Coordinator Wally Aho Vice President Editor of Arrow Janice Weaver Secretary Assistant Editor Ed Lettenmaier Treasurer Business Manager David Parker Bursar Asst, Business Manager Ron Wrolstad Recorder use if 5 ...- Ml ,si Row l, R, Lewis, G, Maben, G, Stude, N, Fast, D, Ditrich, D, Moshberger, W, Aho, S, Marson, C, Chindgren, R, Hurst, J, Maben, Row 2, C, Adams, V, Judd, S, Collins, L, Moshberger, B, Butcher, G, Brock, Mr, Alex- ander,Advisor , A, Kayser, E, Lettenmaier, H. Ogburn. J. Yoder, L, Wrolstad, G, Ferguson, S, Ball,

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il A INA 50 J A Q , V - PM v-- 77Za!4!Za '7aaZ6mw The name Molalla is derived from the Indian Language, probably from the Cayuse tribe, as the Molalla Indians were once part of the Cayuses. The word Molalla means grass country, which indicates that Molalla prairie was once a thriving pasture land. It has been said that when the Indians first came here the grass grew to be several feet high. The Indians inhab- ited the prairie more than a century before any white man came. During the eighteenth century, when the Cayuses were engaged in a period of civil strife, a small band seceded. The seceded Cayuses migrated from Walla Walla to Molalla, crossing the Cascade Range just south of Mt. Jeff- erson , on the trail they heard about. The Wah-lamut Valley was then occ- upied by the Cayuses, but they made a treaty of eternal peace with the Cal- ipooias, which gave them the right to occupy the foothills of the Cascades. This treaty of eternal peace was never broken. The tribes of 1800 had only a tradition of these facts. The seceded Cayuses took the name of Molalla after making this treaty. They grew and became more numerous and powerful and ingeneral theythriv- ed on the new land. Each generation grew up with the hatred of the Cayuse tribe so when they were at their height in power they challenged the Cayuses for a battle which was accepted at the foot of Mt. Jefferson. The Cayuses were victorious and the Molallas suffered a loss of one-half their warriors. The next generation of Nlolallas never entered the battlefield after their sec- ond defeat. The lVlolalla tribe was quite independent and usually held its own. They always traded and gambled at The Dalles with the best tribes. Chief Henry Yelkes, the last survivor, was killed by some unknown person in 1915. His son, Fred Yelkes, a half-breed Indian, still survives and lives in Portland. The first white man that came to this prairie was Rev. ,Iason Lee. He and a few followers came up tl1e Molalla River and crossed the prairie enroute to Salem in 1837. The immigration of 1843-44-45 brought a few settlers to Molalla. In the early days two trails were built running nearly north and south and east and west. These trails intersected at a point about eighteen miles south of Oregon City. In the course of time the north and south trail has become Molalla Avenue and the east and west trail has become Main Street. Consequently it is only natural that Molalla is situated where it is, since most of the settlers located around the intersection, called Four Corners? Sam Engle, '27 Molalla Yesterday and Today X i G V ,c I - ' Xwg 'fri ' 6 xy I, 2 '54

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1955 ,-know EDITOR Janice Weaver ASST, EDITOR Ed Lettenmaier BUSINESS MANAGER David Parker ASST, BUSINESS MANAGER Ron Wrolstad TYPIST Carol Bjerkan ARTIST Ioan Arlin PHOTOGRAPHERS Harold McCall McCall Studio William Neely Bill's Camera Shop EDITOR ASSISTANT EDITOR JANICE WEAVER ED LETTENMAIER fiffnaw Sta If Row 1, J, Hall, E, Lettenmaier, 1. Weaver, D, Parker, R, Wrolstad, C, Bjerkan, Row 2. I. Mclntyre, B, Abbott, B, Butcher, J, Arlin, Mrs, Frank, Advisor, A, Hepler, R, Fulps, I, Tiffin,