Rock Springs High School - Sagebrusher Yearbook (Rock Springs, WY)

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s'held 1n the school building, M1s.Thaye1',M1. Ludvigsen and James Skedd, made up the 01chestra. The first Territorial Legislature was held December 10th,. 1569, with Duncan Blair as representative from Sweetwate1 Lounty, meeting in Cheyenne. The first postmaster was 0. C Smith, the office 1n the Beckwith Commercial Co. store, afterwald Beck11ith 8: Quinn, located on South Front; and it was this firm that had the first delivery wagon in the city. It was not until 1575 that Rock Springs could be called a census town, with a pop- siation of two hundred. N orth and South Front streets had the i 11:11011'111g buildings 1n 1876: Beckwith 8z Quinn; George Harris in marge of NThe American Housei1;W.H Miller and the Blair brothers, a butcher shop; and ac10ss from the present freight house was a boarding house carried on by John Ludvigsen. A few 1ea1s aftei we find Kinney and Goble 1n a little store where the Stockgrowers 1s now located; and the Bussey building,the store now occupied by the J. P. McDermott Co. The Independent, 2321' the Rocket, was the first newspaper, edited by N. B. DreSSe er in 1885; the Miner started some time after, Robert Smith the eji' or: and it was about this time, 1887, that the 01d Sweetwate1 Bank. now the First National Bank of Rock Springs, commenced is business in the city. This latter year saw the completion of the pipe line from Green River, and Rock Springs supplied with 6:3: water; it also saw the foundation laid for the first Opera House. Edgar Chalice the builder. And it is this year, 1888, Nov- ember 13th, that Rock Springs was incorporated, with William O'Donnell as Mayor. 1 History 01 the Public Schools of Rock Springs COMPILED BY MISS WASSUNG, CLASS OF 111 The first school building, 01 any note, goes back thirty-one years ago, 1880, toe room, iocated on B street, with thirty pupils, Mrs. Tisdell the teacher. in ' 551-82 an addition of one room was made and two teachers were in charge, V55. Tisdeii assisted by Mrs.C1ark, some ninety pupils in attendance upon. 31: a 1ater date another room was added, making a three room frame building. 1 'u-pied until 1891, when the present stone structure was finished, now called -TEY: Main Building. located on 2nd and B streets. Eight rooms were fitted .5.

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: Early History of Rock Springs : COMPiLED BY EDMUND BLAIR, CLASS OF 'H e Rock Springs received its name from the springs found at No. Six, the Union Pacific railroad giving it the name. in 1869. The real history of the city begins back in 1849 when the 01d Emigrant Trail first passed through No. Six, thence 0n west ttthe rush to the west and California, its station lo- cated at these springs north of town. Today graves mark the residence of this old sta- tion. In 1850 the Government established the regular stage station at this point. The present city was nothing but sage . brush and greasewood up to 1867. It was .. V at this time that Duncan and Archibald DR'FiEicghxgjgaiig i Blair came here partly in the interests of the coal fields and part- ly in the interests of a small store over at No. Six, which they built, afterwards moving the store to the present site of Blair- town. Up to 1869 there was not a house on the present site of the city and only a few dugouts along the creek. The oldest house in Rock Springs, dates back to 1870, moved from Point of Rocks; now number 301-303 over on D Street, at the present time a boarding house. It is in the year 1870 that Rock Springs really starts to live as a town, with John Jarvie and J. L. Young building a store and saloon on North Front 813., near the present Water Commissioners office. The hrst church services belong to this year, held at Blairtown, with Rector Lynn officiating. And the beginnings of an orchestra, with Mrs. Thayer at the head, belong to these days. An inter- esting feature of this early music is that some of the dan- ces would be held in a store, With the organ 0n the counter, Mrs. Thayer at the organ. Mr. Ludvigsen accompanying with School House at Number 6. the accordion. For other dan-

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for school purposes, six of which were used at once with full grades to the eighth and a few ninth grade stu- dents in attendance. To :this building was added an :extra room over on Bridge 9 avenue, with some thirty pu- pils enrolled. This Main building cost about $28,000 when completed. The frame buildings were sold in three ' '9 parts, one used as a residence . Mrs J-lWTlSDELL on A street, the other part Mrs.SARAH SHEDDEN . . . . . ; Early County Superintendent Teacher m Rh: Flfs! School In occupled as a home On A when main building was ROCk Splings' and 2nd streets; the third conshuctcd. part is used by the Morris Hardware Company as a warehouse, now located on 4th street. The West Flat building was built in 1904. Number 6, with one room, and No. F our originally with two rooms, then another room added later, had been in use because of the increased population in these parts of the district. In 1889 Principal Reed was at the head, with Mary Woods, Emily Ran- kin, Mary Dickson now Mrs. W. W. Paterson, and Lila Brooks as assistants. In 1895-96 A. J. Mathews was the head, assisted by Emily Rankin, Isis Hall, Mrs. Bidwell, after this place supplied by Ida Hill, Clyde Carpenter, Mary Dickson and Mrs. Hubbs. The graduating class of this year was Jennie Young, Bessie Taylor, Alma Ramsay, Ada Parker, Albert Moffitt and John Shedden. The schools have nishings and mod- had a remarkable ' ern sanitation a 5 growth, starting i compared with the old h o m e m a d e s v wooden henc h e s .-. N and tables and j painted blackboard twenty-eight teach- of I 8 80. The ers and six build- 1 , i e growth is more pro- ingsin 19H, and g t ' i t ' i .' nounced if one With medem fur- First School Building in Rock Springs. reads that the high with thirty pupils i; and one teachir in one room, back in ' 1880,to 1335 with I .6.