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Mountaineer Bowl was begun in 1948 and completed in 1959 with the construction of the gate house at the south end of the stadium. This photograph captures W Mountain and Escalante Heights as well as the the football game in full action on the field.
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Aerial view of the 1959 WSC Summer Music Camp marching bands looking southeast. Mountaineer Bowl was about a year old; its gatehouse had just been completed. Escalante Heights, Highland Village, and Kelley Hall are in the background.
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Mountaineers practice on the fields south of Mountaineer Gymnasium (now Wright Gymnasium), ca. 1956.
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Marching bands, twirlers, and others entertain the crowd at the newly-completed Mountaineer Bowl during the 1959 Summer Music Camp.
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Men's intramural softball action on the fields west of the new Student Union, late 1950s. The Student Union, Escalante Heights, and the Cupola Hill rope tow are seen in the background.
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View of Escalante Heights from the south, ca. 1950s. Escalante Heights was a group of army barracks moved from Dalhart, Texas to the WSC campus to ease the housing shortage in 1947. The resulting thirty-one apartments were located near the current Escalante Complex. They were sold and moved in 1960.