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This bingo card has a free space and 40 words: In the Roaring Twenties the local economy was primarily base on agriculture., The Bloomington area was the site of early Spanish exploration in the 1500's and the French in the 1600's., Lonnie Farmer brought the first radio to Bloomington around 1920., Bloomington recorded history begins the journals of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca., The Chamber of Commerce was organized in 1928., Sunday afternoon dances became a favorite activity in the 1920s., In 1928, Zachery Construction Company bought sand from Skarda Farm and in the process 13 Indian women skeletons were found., The area's first oil well was drilled in Bloomington area in about 1920s., In March 1861, 500 Federal soldiers were camped just south of Bloomington, awaiting transport from Indianola., Goods being taken over land from Indianola to Goliad crossed the Guadalupe River at White's Ferry near present day Bloomington., The 1921 graduating class of BHS was 6., The graduating class of 1925 was 4 students., Bloomington would not be in existence with out the 68.05 miles of railroad laid from Refugio to Algoa., In the mid-twenties the high school had enough for a basketball team, On March 3, 1925, the brick school house built in 1917 burned down., In 1929, the basketball team won the school's first Loving Cup trophy., In 1942, the eye of a hurricane passed over Bloomington, Scout Troop #68, Boy Scouts of America was organized in 1938, In 1932, the first football team was organized., The first issue of The Bloomington Star, a weekly newspaper, was published Jan 29, 1921., Until 1928, students graduated after ten years in school., In 1941, the football team was the district football champion, In 1941, the basketball team won state., In 1940, the basketball team won district., In June 1947, the water system was installed in Bloomington, In November 1949, the sewer system was installed in Bloomington., In April 1947, oil was discovered in Bloomington., In August 1947, a new road was cut from Bloomington to Crescent Valley, In 1950, the first fire station was completed on Illinois Street next to the water office., The Bobcat, the school yearbook, was first published in 1946., The BHS Band was organized with 36 members in 1950., In 1957, BISD became the first school district west of the Mississippi River to vote to integrate its' high school., In September 1957, the high school was relocated midway between Bloomington & Placedo., The Joy Theater opened in 1946 with 3 movies a week., In 1956, there were 210 telephone lines in Bloomington., Bloomington would not be in existence with out the 68.05 miles of railroad laid from Refugio to Algoa., The Gulf Coast Line Railroad was an important factor in the growth and development of Bloomington., The first Bloomington Baseball Team was organized in 1909., In 1912 the first newspaper was started, named The Bloomington Breeze. and The town of Bloomington became incoportated and the first mayor was W.J. Manning..

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