Sheridan High School - Trailblazer Yearbook (Sheridan, MT)

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ANDREW CARNEGIE mh a giant m the railroad and steel industries He believed that it was the duty ot a rich man to distribute his wealth during his lifetime To that end. he established 2800 libraries and many cultural halls throughout America Ser»mg an unprecedented lour terms as President of the United States. FRANKUN DELANO ROOSEVELT was a popular leader who made eitensive use of fireside radio chats lo eiplam ho plans and generate enthusiasm to push them through Congress The cnppler poliomyelitis was conquered by OR IONAS SALK m 1963 after more than ?$ years of research Poho was reduced by 961 m less than ten years SALK's re search continues m California at the Salk institute A lifetime passion for machinery led HENRY FORD to Detroit where, m 18%. ne completed his first motor ve hide The Ford Motor Company manufactured the first Model r m 1909 ROBERT FROST's poetry was clear, understated wen metered and told the stories of rural America He was a four time winner ot the Pulitzer Priie and has been called America s poet laureate One of the most elementary symbols of tne American way of life was established when I EDGAR HOOVER and his federal Bureau of Investigation G-men set out to clean up the country His career spanned over 40 years A plain homeiy woman with tremendous appea' to the masses who was always m the truck of irungs de scribes ELEANOR ROOSEVELT and her lifetime ot poll ««king bes de her husband during his four terms The motion picture industry was revolutionized in Amen ca and DAVID WARK GRIFFITH became r»own a. the Father of the tarn art and - king of directors for hrs part in this «evolution Hrs camera techniques were the pioneering step-, of the industry THURGOOO MARSHALL is the first Negro to serve as a ivsticf of the Supreme Court Hu law career «as a med primarily at civil rights cases MARTIN LUTHER KING was a leader m the cause of civ l rights He had been a pastor before turning to the cause of segregation H« leadership earned him the Nobel Peace Pure m 1964 He was assassinated by fames Earl Ray m 1968 lieutenant Colonel JOHN GIENN -.tailed Americas trav els to outer space when he became the first American to orbit the earth He had been an aviator m World War II and a test pilot m peacetime GERALD R FORD, the first President to achievt the of f«e without an election in 1974 through, a series of scandalous events the Nnon admiration toppled and FORD reached the position through approval by Congress

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THEY MADE THEIR MARK Men and women who helped shape America's history ABRAHAM LINCOLN eptomue the American dream 0» HARRIET BEECHER STOWE wrote Uncle Tom $ Cabm 1 HORACE GREELEY’S admonition to Co West young I0SEPH PULITZER •» the first ,oumalrst to reach a tru ntmbie youne man ascending to the highest office ot the an effort to make the whole natron realize the inhymam man «as a ra»ymf cry ol the pronetrs of Amenta He ly massive audience His New York World newspaper was land He «as superbly shilled at analog comple, is- ty of sla.ery Her boo results m oneof the most popu was founder and editor of the New York Tribune He was the symbol of yellow |ournai»sm wth its sensational- sues and translating them ,nto meaningful words lor the tar and controversial plays on the American stage The best known for hts philosophy of social reform and h« m aimed at the common man public He was devoted to the prefer ration 0» the Union Civil War was k.ndled by’ this work unsuccessful bid lor the Presidency m 18 2

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Imagine buying that acre of land you have spotted for $1.25! Or, even at the higher price of $10. Those are the prices offered to our founding fathers to encourage set- tlement of the wilderness areas of this nation. A stage wasn't the most comfortable way to go, but you could get from city to city for as little as $3 — at the amazing pace of six miles per hour. Compare today's wages with a 12-hour day in the early 1800's. A man earned 50c a day. Of course his dollar bought a little more than today's. Butter in 1826 was about 5C lb. in the Midwest; eggs, 3C doz.; corn 6C bu.. wheat. 25c bu.; and a cow could be bought for $5. With travel becoming the American tradi- tion, you could choose train, wagon, horseback or the water. A canal ride, with bed and board included, averaged 3 or 4c per mile. And when you reached your des- tination, you could sit down to a 5, or even 10 course meal for 25C- (Ladies 20c, in consideration of appetite.) Farmers in the early 1800 s could own the famous McCormick Reaper for a mere $100. But the Civil War increased prices as the machine became the first item farmers could buy on time payments for the sum of $1,500. A good suit of clothes then might cost $1.95 and ladies waists (blouses) were marketed for 49c to $3.50 with a whole dress pattern priced at 15c. Cookstoves. quality-satisfaction guaran- teed.'' could cost you $29.25 at $4 per month and a dandy heating stove could set you back as much as $5.73 and up. The first electric refrigerator cost $900 — which might be enough to make you faint on your 1907 fainting couch that had cost a mere $7.85. Your new baby travelled in the height of fashion in a wicker sleeping coach (stroll- er) for the sum of $12.04. If you had $1,500 in 1903 you could show off in one of the first automobiles. Ah, those were the days. Some of the cur- rent prices are reminiscent of those days, but at frontier prices, which were a whole different story. Hardy pioneers had to pay $2 a pound for sugar, too. And the same for a pound of coffee or pepper. Those items were only 15c per pound back in civ- ilized St. Louis. Flour was marked up 100 times for sale to the frontiersmen and dur- ing the famous Gold Rush, that precious commodity went for $400 a barrel.