Palo Duro High School - Conquistador Yearbook (Amarillo, TX)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication pxzc e 6 Administration pa e 2 Classes 1$ Activities fiacre 5$ Personalities pa fe W Organizations pa e f26 Sports pa e f62 Ads paqe 202

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Bill Spin k THE CHEERS ECHO and die away. The memories fade and are forgotten. The names and faces so familiar, so dear, too soon slip from mind into the haze of memory. With this book the staff hopes to preserve those sights and sounds, to capture the spirit of an- other great year at PALO DURO HIGH.

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GREGG TRAIL JOS1AH GREGG (1806-1850), PROMPTED BY ILL HEALTH, SET OUT WITH A CARAVAN FROM INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, FOR SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, ON MAY 15, 1831. DURING A PERIOD OF NINE YEARS HE MADE FREQUENT JOURNEYS TO SANTA FE. GREGG'S ROUTE TOOK HIM ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND THE PAN- HANDLE OF TEXAS NORTH OF THE CA- NADIAN RIVER. ON A RETURN JOURNEY FROM SANTA FE TO VAN BUREN, AR- KANSAS, IN 1840, HE SOUGHT A ROUTE SOUTH OF THE CANADIAN, ON MARCH 14. HE CAMPED AT THE SPOT NOW KNOWN AS WILD HORSE LAKE IN THE NORTH PART OF PRESENT AMARILLO. HIS ROUTE ON MARCH 15, AS HE LEFT WILD HORSE LAKE, PROBABLY CROSSED THE SITE OF THIS MONUMENT. 5