Pueblo Catholic High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Pueblo, CO)

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In Retrospect The dinosaur has left his giant spoor upon the rocks of Colorado. Time was when crocodiles were native here. The earth once thundered to the mammoth's tread. Man came quite late -- some twenty thousand years ago -- and left upon our eastern plains a few chipped points to tantalize the experts. The first white men to enter the region were the Spanish explorers who gave to almost every mountain and stream in southern Colorado the name it bears today. . At the turn of the 19th century many famous Americans came into the vast region. Among these trail-blazers were Major Stephen Long, Colonel John C. Fremont, Captain J. W. Gunnison, and General Zebulon Pike. In 1806 Pike discovered the famous mountain that now bears his name. Three years before Pike made his claim on the renowned peak, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. The northeastern half of Colorado was included in this famous purchase. The rest of Colorado was bought from Texas in 1850. The discovery of gold near Denver in 1858 brought not only miners, mer- chants, land-promoters and gamblers across the plains, but also many famous missionaries. In 1868 the Rev. Charles Machbeuf became the first bishop of Colorado. Five years earlier he had started the first Catholic school near Denver. By the time of the death of the zealous bishop in 1889 the Catholic population had grown to 40,000. Our own city of Pueblo received its first priest in 1871. Five years later Colorado became the thirty-ninth state of the union. Two years before -NL:-If li .I as St. Patrick high school, had its first graduation class. The Catholic population of Pueblo increased through the years. In 1941 the Most Rev. Joseph C. Willging became the fir st bishop of the Pueblo diocese. Just seven years after his appointment he saw his way to the realization of his dream of a new and larger Catholic high school to accommodate the growing Catholic population. In 1950 the new Pueblo Catholic high school was finished. Thus this great state of ours, rich in mineral products, rich in agriculture and industry, has seen vigorous growth in many fields. Not least has been its growth in the true Faith -- the Cat oliql Faith. fy, xii it V m l' . l- U? S? Ili if Sal 11 ' x ll. the turn of the century the infant Pueblo Catholic high school, then known 'iii' j Q'

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