1950s
No girl’s sports teams
We were at war again
Hillbilly music became country and western
We walked everywhere
Our community was safe for kids to play outside
People went to church
We had two movie theaters
Kids hung out at the Crystal Cafe
High School was not geared to handicapped individuals
Girls had to wear dresses to school
Boxing-not wrestling
1960
Long hair and mini skirts
Busy downtown (about 5-7 grocery stores)
Kids outside a lot
Old high school
Sports fields in different places, storifield, Kroskop Park
Richland Campus built
Rural Schools (elementary) Brush Creek, Rockbridge, etc
Classes much larger (180-200/graduating classes)
The Beatles and British invasion
1970
State champion - Mike Breininger, Wendl Moore, Jim McDonald
Late busses for athletes
Good band and choir and arts
Woodstock
Title 9
Designated smoking area - across street and teacher lounge
School referendums voted down
Peace not war
The BEST music!!!
Stori Field
Viet Nam war protests
Streaking field parties
Bomb scares in Stori Field
Friday nights downtown
Kent State protests/killings
RC had grocery stores (5-6)
No helmets
No cell phones
Party line
Burning outhouses at the bonfires
Introducing of female sports
Prayer taken out of schools
Riots shootings
Free love
Teachers could discipline
1973: vietnam war ended and draft watergate
Krouskop Empire
Ewings Restaurant and noon luncheon
1977: Kennedy school fire
1978: Doudna School built as a result of fire in 1977
1970: swimming pool built/walk for development
Large # Farms = farming economy
Large families
Richland Square came - downtown started to disappear
Great wrestling teams
Oil embargo = gas crisis
Downtown stores open every Friday night
Girls sports starting to take off
Bell bottoms
Special education student inclusion in public schools
Lots of farming families
School provided lunches introduced
Over 1,000 students in high school building
Road drinking travels
Drinking age 18
Voting age 18
1980
Big hair
Berlin well fell
Rollerskating
UW-Richland
Journey - Music
High interest rates
Civil unrest
Old school
Many school family farms
No longer dry
Friday Night Dances in Gym
Old HWY 80
Trying to build new high school in RC
Cheap Gas
No Walmart
Little gym
Shop downtown & mini mall
Krouskup park
Stori field
V-ball state champs
Space shuttle challenger disaster
Late bus
Rockbridge-Mr. Korb
Open Campus-leave for lunch
Hornet hive
Computers
1990
Furby
Strawberry shortcake
No cell phones
Oregon trail
Bikes
Pagers/beepers
Tickle me Elmo
Iternet
Kings Quest
Be back by dark
Closed on the weekends
School was built
Late bus
Burnstad’s
OJ Simpson
Clintons
Gulf war
Columbine
UW-Richland
International students
Milwaukee students
Walmart RC
Parking behind Kwik Trip on Friday & Saturday nights
State Runners-up
1990 Softball
1990 Footballll
1996 Softball
Nirvana
Grunge
Household Computer
Slow internet
Dial-up
Gateway computer
Roller Rink
RCHS Stat Football-Coach Ripp
Open campus
Phone bag-cellphone
2000
Good sports
9/11
Play outside until the street lights came on
Jefferson vs Doudna
42K
Tons of school spirit
Girls basketball
Football playoffs
Rchs hall of fame starteded
Social media
AOL instant messanger
Facebook
Open enrollment
Dual credit at UWR
Flood
Britney Spears
Financial/Housing crisis
2010
Introduction of cell phones & smart technology
Hands on activities
Good time of continuity-lots of seasoned teachers
Strong fine arts program
College for kids
Homecoming
Band
Musicals
School dances
Elementary musical through school
Missoula childrens
Student sections at sports
School Spirit(was more positive)
FFA week assembly
Commons privileges
Lack of technology was good(computer lab)
1 to 1 technology introduced
2020
COVID
Online-Ed
More online/technology
Pool Opened
AI more popular
Extreme political divide
Behaviors are worse because of stay at home careers & lack of parenting
Chromebooks/1 to 1 services
Schools combined
Immigration crack down
Public deaths online affecting mental health
Artemis mission to moon
