Old Fort High School - Trail Yearbook (Old Fort, OH)

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f,, - g ,-,,,,1 .... J .X g'-'i-2 K X-Jil-s -s .ITJ 'fi'-.,,,.. X 'S.,.f-.2 -d-37.3, Q,-,Ti l ,JP-f l f f lg dy Z EgLlfLlfLlflfL Twas ln 1813 that General Harrrson erected a stockade on the west bank of the Sandusky Puver between T1ff1n and Fremont along the old Scroto oandusky Trarl Whrle the War of 1812 was raglng upon all srdes messages of hope despatr encouragement and fevensh excxtement passed over the Old Tra1l From th1s small war 11ke be- g1nn1ng evolved the peaceful lrttle v1llage of Old Fort Hardy p1oneers settled about the r1ch nver land and the Old Trall now served 1n peace even as 1t had 1n war As the communlty grew, need of adequate educat1on grew, and so 1t was that Old Fort School had tts begmnlng Down through the years the Old Tra1l, though 1t has undergone the changes of c1v1l1zat1on has supported 1ts burden of human travel Genera tlons have come and gone yet 1t has w1thstood 1t all From the standpomt of the senrors leavrng the school portals that Trarl 15 symbollc of Llfe s Road Wxth s11ghtly faltenng footsteps We place our feet upon zts vast expanse No matter how 1ntensely we look we cannot see 1nto the foggy future but we do have a very comfort1ng thought Our be glnnxngs are founded true w1th good deep roots The future now looks a brt brlghter We step upon the Tra1l wrth a l1ft of the shoulders and place our feet wrth the contldence of Youth who have a Hentage S9 1 15.2 f m - -3 y e rx , J 1 SQ Cf -:1-rg 'f' Q1 sf Q0 K ' ef' by i cccc or he lt , 4 ,. 3, L4JLg L - l rlwfgftsf fi itncfe l t F 11 11 gf 1 flif Els U 1151161511: M 2 . .