Oshkosh High School - Index Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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1 I 2 Y 7 n 3 fi W CONTENTS I ' Scenic - A History of Oshkosh N X I Administration i A Q Classes N Activities f i fi fi 1 A Athletics ' S . ' y 3 Literary EA r , . 7 4' Features Z Mx. X5 .. ix iii Ile.. 7 G l 'k 55x XX r x .ary ,Ar-H-Y--N fin' ' Z' ' ' f' 5 . yi? ' X Page f

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2 F w s S E i e I I . DEDICATION OME YEARS AGO, a small band of hardy ploncers, lumbermen and fur traders settled at the junction of the Fox River and Lake Winnebago. Pit that time, the surrounding territoiy was covered with beautiful trees. Wild animals hid Within their realms, birds nested in their boughs, and the original Ameri- cans, from whom we received this territory, pitched their tents and carried on their business x.- . bl , . 7 2 . .. l i 'On 1 n 'L E la 1 if ff? SN 4 it 'fs L N K 4 xxx 7: gt ya Y 'J X 'Q l ffl E 3 beneath their cool shade. , The growing population of the East, and the rise of the inborn instincts of the early settlers forced many to penetrate the wall of wilderness beyond which they knew nothing about. The small band of sturdy settlers who first came to this section composed a unit of those who risked their lives and fortunes to open up the West to future development. An advance guard of progress they Were, the founders of our present day civilization, In a spirit of 5555 -759, 95? lx . flll17 - wmv. his-g. ll -t L-2-4 ffii2? s,m: wv ?dlX Page three appreciation We dedicate this issue to the lf'-5' memory of the first settlers of Oshkosh in par- ticular, and the pioneers of the West in general. i V iq l Z im , W t ,stjfrir ,fazziilliaiik .X

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