The Way It Was...

Adapting a line from the late Walter Cronkite, this is the way we looked 42 years ago on the Pike "campus." At barely two years old, the new high school sits alone at the upper right in the picture. Central Elementary sits in front of the high school, and to the left is the football and track stadium. The varsity baseball diamond sits behind and to the left of the high school facility. The old high school, then Lincoln Middle School, is pictured at the far left. Notice the extra ball diamonds in front of the stadium; the old football field between the schools; the lack of mature trees in the subdivision; and the abundance of open land behind the school buildings.