Walton High School - Periwinkle Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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Who would ever have ThoughT ThaT aT one Time WalTon High School was a single room wiTh hardly mpre Than a dozen sTudenTs? Mary WalTon, who was The wife aT General Lewis Morris, one of The signers aT The DeclaraTion of Independence, sTarTed a school in her home To educaTe her own and neighborhood children. This kindly woman and her husband lived in The Morris Mansion on Willis Avenue: however, Wal- Ton's TirsT real home was on ST. Ann's Avenue and One l-lundred ForTy-FirsT STreeT. A number of years laTer, The school was moved To The old Evander Childs building and Then, Tinolly, To The beauTiTul school we now know as WalTon. lf we could go back To RevoluTionary Days, we would see a chain of TorTresses overlooking The Kingsbridge Valley. The guns of The largesT TorTress, Number Four, were aimed aT The siTe which our school now occupies. Sfill laTer, The horse racing in Jerome Park drew large weekly crowds from The surrounding neighborhood. Some Time aiTerward, The ciTy purchased The properTy where The reservoir is now locaTed. whence zephyrlike breezes blow merrily around WalToniTes' hair on cool days.

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