St Joseph High School - Josemont Yearbook (Fremont, OH)

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Twelve S- .l.-,MLI I l .5 la. The Name of Fremont When the name of Lower Sandusky was to be changed to Flemont ln honor of the great Path Flnder over the ROCk18S Mr Hayes as the lawyer for the pet1t1on presented lt to court and flnlshed by offerlng the only remonstrance agalnst the change Thls was 1n the form of humor ous verslflcatlon consxstlng of seven stanzas fzom Judge Howland The Iollowlng IS a copy of thls I'9IYl0l1St1 ance as read to the Court bi Presldent Rutherford B Hayes who was at that tlme Attorney for the P6t1t10ll There IS a pra5 er now golng around Whlch I d1Sl1k8 to hear To change the name of thlS old town I hold so xely dea1 They pray the court to alter It And let lt stand Sandusky yet And not John C Fremont Sandusky IS a pleasant name T1s short and easy spoken D9SC9Hd1Hg to us by a chaln That nex er should be broken Then let us hand lt down the stream Of T1me to after ages And Sandusky be the theme Of futu1e balds and sages Won t the old honest SAGUMS TISS And say to us pale faces Do you ou1 2':Ll1C19llt name dGSp1S6 And chan e our 1QStlHg places? Our fathers slumbered he1e Thelr splrlts c1y Oh don t Alter the name to us so dear And substltute F1 emontf Therefore my pray er shall st1ll 1ema1n Unt1l my XOICC grows husky Oh change the PEOPLE not the name Of my old home Sandusky' TIIT I-I or I, 0 a P - , I Q Y , . 'uk l Y . I I I I fig , ,- , l 4 -' I - P ' + l ' ' K6 ' Y! , L , . . . , . , I ' . - I - . . hr. n - , ' v ' 2 , I I u ' y , ' , N ' I '. I 1 ' '- ' I I Li ' X , l - I pray to God they won't g P I l I il ' , , - ' I 7 I . . . l U . I ' 7 I I ' . T in 1 li Y 7 ' - A 1 , N 0 . 7 . U . . - 3 I D l . .I .A , , , 1 J I . . ,, - , - U 7 1 ' - ' L 1 n , - l , U P l , . , l V I l I I ' I a A

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tm '. :W in L lhls trad1t1on relates to us that the lroquols tlred of war had founded for themselves a home beside the peaceful stream and that It was a Wyandot trlbe For many years they llved here and the r1ver as lt flowed by was wltness to the happlness of thelr abode But war the destructlve serpent crept 1n and m tlme the natlon that had been for so many years a refuge and a haven was demollshed Years later the banks of the Sah un dus kee the Wyandot term for clear water became the center of the trlbe Here the red man llV9d loved laughed and fought and held h1s prlsoners of war It was a flourishing settlement and through lt ran the r1ver broken by falls banked by forests and bluffs untrammeled by brldges and lndustry Truly lt was a glor1ous watcher of the ever changmg tlde of human1ty and over 1ts gleammg surface the Indlan pad dled hls canoe So the tlme went on and w1th 1ts golng came strangers to the land of the red man Strangers who stole from them then' home on the r1ver s bank Then the Indlan resentlng the lntruslon warred on the pale bloody confllcts between the savage and the c1v1l1zed the red man and the whlte Years passed but there was no end to the turmoll yet the r1ver flowed quxetly by seelng all yet not able to g1V9 volce to the protest It per haps felt Then came the day when the last red man dlsappeared over the western h1lls and the whlte man became possessor of the country through whlch the Sah un dus kee ran Then great changes took place IH the l1fe of the rner From Its banks the trees were cut and across 1ts rlppllng expanse a brldge was stretched Strange boats salled down the S1lVely stream and the wheels of progress moved rapldly Even 1tS name was changed and It became the Sandusky while the thrlung ullage on 1tS banks was called Lower Sandusky T K S Z5 Sweet Sacred Heart mflamed wlth lose For us your chlldren here GIVE us the grace to do the rlght To please You Fuend so dear You are so good to all of us And we do thank You too Well pray and work to gain success Because It pleases You MRF25 I-I 4 I Eleven I I . , . l use I l I 1 e ' fy- g I g I la- S I 8 , rv - - - u ' ' 7 Y . ,, . 1 1 , Q . a I 1 1 , , ll - - - 73 I Il- YY . 7 I Y . . ' . ' . ' ' . I . I , . , . 1 , . . . ' .' . . l .1 , - ,, . . . . I 9 i . . , , . . Y . . . , K - I faced' men and the swelling breast of the river was the scene of many ' . I , I , ' , ' I , - , ' . . I ' ii ' 7! !! ' ' ' C - . . . . I . . . I ll !7 ' . 1' 7' , Y' ' ll . C 7! . . . . - Y . . V I 9 . u . Y , I , ' K . I I 1 ' ' 'Q ' h l I--If 'fl S I I I I I 1 , ggzw 1 ,

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