Montpelier High School - Record Yearbook (Montpelier, VT)

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A Capital City j«S ENTERING City of Montpelier Capital of Vermont t With only 8,600 citizens, Montpelier ranks as the seventh smallest state capital in the nation. A town charter was granted to Mont- pelier in 1781, but it was not until ten years later that there were enough peo pie to tell that a community existed, with a grand population of 113. This was the year that Vermont was admitted into the Union. A short time later, in 1805. Mont- pelier became the state capital by virtue of its central location and the generosity of local businessmen, who literally out- bid other towns for the privilege: the first statehouse, a wooden building, cost them $9,000 Brick buildings now line the down- town streets to prevent a recurrence of the great fire of 1875, which devastated the majority of the stately wooden edi- fices that made up the downtown area. The great flood of 1927, which brought waters as high as 12 feet, also threatened to destroy Montpelier. Both times Mont- pelier rebuilt with pride. Proud of Montpelier's heritage and citizens, city fathers immortalized its local heroes with such place names as Hub- bard Park, Kellogg-Hubbard Library, and Langdon Street. Visitors are beckoned by the sign on 1-89. A student walks up Court Street to school. The mural painted by Albert Burdett. Chris Krahn, Jason Mallery, Camilla Schamaun. Gordon Spillman and Christine Sumner is located on the back of Capitol Stationers 2

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Theme.................................................2 Dedication...........................................12 Faculty and Staff....................................14 Seniors..............................................34 Underclassmen........................................58 Sports...............................................34 Clubs................................................HO High Lights.........................................113 Community Support...................................140

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The State House glistens in the morning sun. '‘The Castle ' looms over State Street Brick buildings beautify Main Street.