Rushford High School - Valley Legend Yearbook (Rushford, MN)

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Faculty...... Sports Editor Seniors...... The History.. The Poem..... The Will...... The Prophecy... Juniors........ Sophomores..... Freshmen....... Music.......... Dramatics...... Ripples........ G.A.A.......... Roll of Honor., Social......... Kalander....... Typists........ Faculty Adviser T- The Senior Class .Robert L. Rislove ,G. Meredith Highum .Abigail Clayton .Ruth E. 01stad .James A. Frisvold Gertrude Hanson .Francis Johnson .Judith Johnson Doris Vigness .Ruth Kjos .Alice Ekern .Betty Anderson Beulah Johnson •David A. Boyum .Carolyn KVifall .Elizabeth Crandall .Charlotte Blanchfield .Ruth E. Olstad .Otto Julsrud .Clair Hatlevig .Elida Bratland Abigail Clayton Elizabeth Crandall Judith Johnson Doris Vigness .Mrs. Stehly

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Foreword Dedication Appreciation Contents The Staff Pioneer Days in Rushfofd Faculty Seniors Our Deeds Our Past Our Future Our Rhyme Our Bequests Our Class Play Juniors ’Sophomores Freshmen Activities Sports Music Dramatics Roll of Honor G .A • A • Ripples Social Kalander Autographs

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The settlement of Rushford began in 1854, four years before Minnesota was admitted to the Union. Since the year of 1938 is the eightieth birthday of Minnesota's statehood. The Valley Legend, published by the Senior Class of 1938 is dedicated to the pioneers. Therefore we feel that it is most fitting and proper to include in our publication, some of the early events of Rushford’s history. For the items appearing below, we are indebted to Stevens Memorial Library, The Rushford State Bank, and Mrs. Mary Manley Layne. Most of the accounts were written by T. H. Everts (Rushford Star, 1873) and Mary I. Cameron West. The first white man who seems to have appreciated and became enamoured of the precise spot where the Rushford of today is built, was E. K. Dyer, a native of Amorica and a sea-captain from the state of Maino— 'a Konebee Coaster'. Mr. Dyer, his wifo, and one child come to LaCrosse in August of 1852. In September they went to Houston by flat-boat where they made a olaim and lived about two weeks in a shanty made of brush covered and banked with clay, Mr. Dyer soon sold the claim and in November moved farther up tho Valley to what is now Cushing's Peak, namod after the first claimant and in whoso house tho two families lived during the winter. Mr. Dyer made another claim near the Peak, but in the spring of 1853 sold it and moved westward to what is now the city of Rushford.