NOTE: The 6th in a series of tracking down lost or forgotten sports venues, trophies and artifacts in the Old Pueblo.
Los Ranchitos Elementary was built in 1961 in the Sunnyside School District and the school needed a flagpole. The architect (Blanton and Cole) brought in a 44-footer from the 1960 Winter Olympics held in Squaw Valley, California.
The flagpole is signed by Walt Disney (well sort of).
Los Ranchitos is no longer an elementary school but the memories remain and the district uses the buildings for other purposes.
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