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Title: Story of Lee County, Iowa
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Moorhead, Samuel W., 1849- Roberts, Nelson Commins, 1856-
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Publisher: Chicago : S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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for them. This retrospective viewof the halcyon days, and the sorrowful, weary, toilsome ones, wouldalike bring pleasant recollections to them as they recounted theirhopes, their trials and their victories, for had they not performedtheir duty as God had best given them the knowledge, and accordingto their several abilities? Venerable men were there, whose whitehairs and trembling limbs gave token of a lengthy pilgrimage. Morethan a generation had passed since, in early manhood, they crossedthe Mississippi to carry the blessings of civilization into the wildsof Iowa. With strong arms and true hearts, they had battled withthe perils of border life and conquered. The wilderness and soli-tary place today, as the result of their labors, buds and blossoms asthe rose. * * * All honor to the pioneers, the heroes and hero-ines of the past. Future generations will arise and call them blessed.It was appropriate that the Fourth of July, our national holiday,should be chosen for such a gathering.
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Daniel McCoun J. W. Cam. FORT MADISON PIONEERS Peter Miller, I HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY 355 Judge Philip Viele, who had been selected as the orator of theday, was unable to appear, and the principal address was given byDaniel F. Miller of Keokuk. It was not a long address, but was inevery way in keeping with the occasion. Following his addresscame a basket-dinner, then the reading of the Declaration of Inde-pendence, and an address by Gen. A. C. Dodge of Burlington.Col. William Patterson was then elected president of the associationfor the ensuing year. For several years the Old Settlers Association held its meetingsat diflferent places in the county. In 1872 the reunion was held atPitman Grove, near West Point. At that meeting Daniel F. Millerwas elected president of the association. The exercises on that occa-sion were similar to those of the preceding year, the principal address. being delivered by Judge Joseph M. Casey. In 1873 ^^^ reunionwas held at Sargents Grove, on the Des Moines

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