 | Jackson County (Mich.) - 1903 - 1266 pages
...failures and successes, his progress and advancement, and presents the possibilities of the future. . The development of a new country was at once a task...courage, sacrifice and privation. Compare the present condition of this people with what it was in 1830. From a trackless wilderness it has come to be a... | |
 | Samuel P. Kaler, Richard H. Maring - Whitley County (Ind.) - 1907 - 946 pages
...commercial prosperity has come only from past exertion and suffering. The deeds and motives of the men that have gone before have been instrumental in shaping...and privation. Compare the present conditions of the residents of Whitley county, Indiana, with what they were one hundred years ago. From a trackless wilderness... | |
 | Clinton County (Iowa) - 1911 - 834 pages
...commercial prosperity has come only from past exertion and suffering. The deeds and motives of the men that have gone before have been instrumental in shaping...privation. Compare the present conditions of the people of Clinton county,. Iowa, with what they were one hundred years ago. From a trackless wilderness and virgin... | |
 | Albert B. Williams - Knox County (Ohio) - 1912 - 416 pages
...commercial prosperity has come only from past exertion and suffering. The deeds and motives of the men that have gone before have been instrumental in shaping...privation. Compare the present conditions of the people of Knox County, Ohio, with what they were one hundred years ago. From a trackless wilderness and virgin... | |
 | Albert Clayton Beckwith - Walworth County (Wis.) - 1912 - 790 pages
...commercial prosperity has come only from past exertion and suffering. The deeds and motives of the men that have gone before have been instrumental in shaping...privation. Compare the present conditions of the people of Wahvorth county, Wisconsin, with what they were one hundred years ago. From a trackless wilderness... | |
 | Bloomington (Ind.) - 1914 - 890 pages
...commercial prosperity has come only from past exertion and suffering. The deeds and motives of the men that have gone before have been instrumental in shaping...privation. Compare the present conditions of the people of Lawrence and Monroe counties, Indiana, with what they were one hundred years ago. From a trackless... | |
 | John Licinius Everett Peck, Otto Hillock Montzheimer, William J. Miller - O'Brien County (Iowa) - 1914 - 762 pages
...commercial prosperity has come only from past exertion and suffering. The deeds and motives of the men that have gone before have been instrumental in shaping...privation. Compare the present conditions of the people of O'Brien and Osceola counties, Iowa, with what they were a half century ago. From a trackless wilderness... | |
 | Frank M. Allen - Fayette County (Ohio) - 1914 - 854 pages
...commercial prosperity has come only from past exertion and suffering. The deeds and motives of the men that have gone before have been instrumental in shaping...privation. Compare the present conditions of the people of Fayette County, Ohio, with what they were one hundred years ago. From a trackless wilderness and virgin... | |
 | John Licinius Everett Peck, Otto Hillock Montzheimer, William J. Miller - O'Brien County (Iowa) - 1914 - 772 pages
...commercial prosperity has come only from past exertion and suffering. The deeds and motives of the men that have gone before have been instrumental in shaping...privation. Compare the present conditions of the people of O'Brien and Osceola counties, Iowa, with what they were a half century ago. From a trackless wilderness... | |
 | Clara K. Fuller - Morrison County (Minn.) - 1915 - 346 pages
...their toils and sacrifices have made Morrison and Todd Counties a garden of sunshine and delights. All life and achievement is evolution; present wisdom...privation. Compare the present conditions of the people of Morrison and Todd counties, Minnesota, with what they were sixty years ago. From a trackless wilderness... | |
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The deeds and motives of the men that have gone before have been instrumental in shaping the destinies of later communities and states. The development of a new country was at once a task and a privilege. It required great courage, sacrifice and privation.... 
