Santa Rosa High School - Echo Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA)

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b, A IN MEMORIAM FACULTY MR. HERBERT KEYSER ALUMNUS ROBERT SCHMIDT STUDENTS VIOLA ANDREWS IOLA WHITNEY CHESTER WONG 9 so 8

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, -. ,:g.K..,f ' !r:? ifgf.'5v,.N, ,, .V 7 ' L:-,,. ml. sffw ,,k5'Ifr .J 1,3-,. 5, f'.. . oED1cAT1oN . Perhaps one of the most romantic figures in the history of Santa Rosa is that of Juan Amoroso who, we remember, was one of those missionaries who would dare anything for the sake of the Cross. In 1829 he made an excursion northward from his Mission at San Rafael, doubtless in search of someone whom he might enlighten with the Christian faith. He came to the territory of the Cainemeros tribe of Indians who resided on the river of Chocoalomi, the Indian name for what is now our familiar Santa Rosa Creek. A short distance from this stream he captured an Indian girl, baptized her, and gave her the name of Santa Rosa. He chose this name for her because on that very day the Church was celebrating the feast of Santa Rosa de Lima. He made a hasty retreat and narrowly escaped when he was attacked by natives. Later, after the city had been founded, many other sturdy pioneers carried on the work those who had crossed plain and mountain in the covered wagons began. Names which will ever live in the hearts of those who love Santa Rosa include McDonald, Mallagh, Meacham, Hoen, Goldfish, Hahman, Barney, Wise, Hartman, john Ball, julio Carrillo, John Fremont, and countless others. May they have passed on to us, their descendants, the same primitive fires of progress-Courage and Adventure. 7 1930

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, ... X ' :Lf fiat ' - ,M F .',g'. ' be , IN MEMORIAM Q' , rf 53:45 , P -.ive ' ANTA ROSA PIONEERS juan Amoroso, that fearless missionary, in 1829, journeyed northward and baptized the Indian maiden Santa Rosa, and although driven away by natives, gave the name to this city. General Vallejo, as Ensign Vallejo, held the pueblo near Mark West Creek for some time with but a small group of soldiers, and planned the city of Sonoma, the first city to be planned and completed north of the San Francisco bay. He established permanently the military command of the northern frontier of California. To julio Carrillo a large tract of land, including the present site of Santa Rosa and the area between Santa Rosa and Sebastopol, was granted during the Spanish regime, and he granted what remained of his property at the time of laying out of the township to the town of Santa Rosa. Mark West, that intrepid pioneer, who had been an English sailor, is described as a tall man of commanding presence, mild in manner and kind to a fault. His death in 1849 was the first in Sonoma county. And all those others who, by their combined and less spectacular efforts, suc- ceeded in laying the foundation of the Santa Rosa which we now know. 9 1930