In 1952, Harry Truman was president, a young princess had just been crowned Queen Elizabeth II, American soldiers were fighting in the Korean War and a new school was under construction in Geneseo. To heat the new building, school officials purchased a brand new 240-horsepower Kewanee steam boiler. In the 67 years since then, Queen Elizabeth II still reigns and the boiler still heats the school. In the mid-1950s, school officials were concerned with overcrowding at Geneseo High School (then located in what is today the north part of the city park)...
