Tuesday, December 16th

This is your official Air Force Academy History Update for Tuesday, December 16th — 

On this day, back in 1871 — Pioneers David Edgerton, Aaron Blodgett and John and Elias Evans establish homesteads in what today is Pine Valley.  Edgerton would be the namesake of a town that emerged where Ice Lake is today, Blodgett would have the tall peak overlooking Pine Valley named after him, and John and Elias Evans would build a small cabin that eventually would pass through the Lennox, Otis and Cogswell families and grow to become the Otis House. 

…Also on this day, back in 1979 — Cadet Christopher Miller, Class of ’80, is named the Academy’s 21st recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship. 

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