Sterling High School - Tiger Yearbook (Sterling, CO)

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HHGHHHHHHHHHHHHH EEEHEEEEEEEEEH E REBER HERE E THE SITE OF STERLING IN 1928 Thus as a vnew of a part of Sterlmga busmess sectxon and Court House ln l928 How much nt dxffers from the pxcture on the opposxte page' Ster lmg xs a wonderful example of what xmgatxon and reclamatxon can do for land once useless The cnty depends almost entlrely upon agnculture xts cultx vated products grown where once sagebrush and buffalo grass thrlved A population of eight or mne thousand has replaced the once empty prame HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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1 9 66666 666666 66 HE HHH HHEEHHQ EEEEEEH EE HHH Tl IE SITE OF STERI ING IN 1875 'Ihc adwent of the whtte man to Colorado dad ltttle for Sterlxng unttl about l880 Up to that txme the lure of gold had taused the ttde of adun turers and homescckcrs to dtsregard the almost bar ren platns of eastern Colorado Nevertheless an occaslonal settler butlt hrs rough sod hut along the Platte Rtver and then small stttltments began to sprung up unttl finally Sterltng grew the mttropolrs mf northeastern Colorado 6 6666 6 6666666

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HHH HH EEE EEEEEEEEEHEEE N f E EEE EEEEHHEEEEH COMMERCE IN 1875 ln the days when Sterlmg was but a fronuer settlement the only means of frctght transportatnon was by oxcart and mule team Here on the un graded prame tratls the oxcart was supreme for many decades Many of our grandparents rode behtnd these slow moving forms of motnve power Although the oxcart was put asnde long 'ago for the tram and the automobile nevertheless tt dnd tts part to further the growth of cnvxlxzatnon HH H H6666 H . A N0yF-,,.- . - X f 2, '7 F N ' I :V .mV.i- '-H., Y, W 'fr - , - -r . ' ,. 'RJ VA U I - l I v l l l l 1 - X - l - 1 I ' . 1 ' . s