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VT 7ZWzT(Shvtt We IMirwity| cii$i« V kucThe Oregon Trail £ ~ft Twlt;y hundred wagflns, rolling cut to ;«!.V Orcgou , . :V Broking through the gopher holes.V lurching wide and tree, ftv Crawling up the mountain voC, toil- yV 1°?* grumbling, rumbling on, yft Two hundred vagona, rolling to the y ij • sea. Vftt • AcAs From East and South atd North they sj ft« flock, to muster, row cm iow. aft* A fleet ot Uu-scoro prairie til pa be. 5 4. side Missouri'a flow. AA. The bull whips crack, the uncn strain. ft A the canvas-hcodfld tiles. ftA Are off upon the I one. iefiff trail ot ft ft eiiteeu hundred ml res. \ Alt;ft Tho women hold the guMlub-llnes; ft!V beside the rocking 'steers ft¥. With-goad and .rehdy,/rifle, walk the ftbearded pUucer* ftV Through clouds of.dust beneath the ft v 6Uh, through floods or sweeping •W ra^n . . ■ * »w Across the Kansas prairie land. y ft across Nebraska's plain. Vft . Vft Two hundred wa£lt;ns, rolling out to :.i •A Oregon yA Currod around tfco csmp hre flame ft A at holt when day is done. ftft Rest a while beneath the alar* yoke A A, again end lumber on, ft;ft Two hundred wagons,. rolling With ft.iS*. ‘b« sun. AV Among the barren bwftAs they wind ft* fts ber^ath the Jealous view ftV 0* Blackpool, Pawnee, OjusIu, Ara- ftV *Tsboe and Tloux. • Vft No savage throat may check their fti.lt; • • course, no riser uccp and wide*, yft They awim thq Platt t, they ford ythe Snake, they, enxss the -1Oreat DUClt.A They match as cnce from indium ft ft. 10Us throrgh Alla’s mountain ft:•A door ftj,A With fihle!lt;3* nnil spfear on E-rope1® ft. ft ' plain thslr tathcrs marched Aft* he tors. Aft They march where leap tb* an- . ft, y telgpo and storm tho buffalo Ay Still VC»tWArd as their fathers ft* V marched ion thousand years ftft ago, ftThe(f03OnmuCHKaitrrvpaipa*nottlitcnrlvGila)wlitvl:siCfrtnnPI;O- -J Two hundred scgoos, rolling cut to 1 £* Oregonft* Creeping down the dark dcfllo he*1 a iff 4 Isa «vt A*tWkl 9 1 9\ rtA a 4uphotocskRir-ofoncOlieipsfnyas-th\VClIUofcnitithitBecit\ , K lja:ir0.ft! NOW tolls the dusty caravan with ft. ft* swinging wagon poics AV Where Walla Wslia pcura along. .A y whom broad Columbia rolls. ft*The Song haired trapper's toco ftV grows dark sr.d ecowls the ft]V painted brave: ftV Where now the boaver builds hfs ft* ft: dam the wheat and rye ahnJi yr: wave. }J : The British trader abskca his hond vand weighs Ida nation's lot Afitrtl-ire-ytit.ostfliJ.indgon?nd*€11*rec-proper**•; anu weigxia nu u*xio:i4 luicv*A For wliem those hardy sett I cm com n ftA tho Stars and Strlpea will toss, ftc»A Then block the wheels. 11 nyoke the Tjj*. •••- ... . ......... .,,A steers: the prize* Is his who aflares; Aft! The cabins rise, the.fields are sown, ft;ft and Oregon is thclrsl A.♦¥y They will tn!-te, they will hold, ft y By tho spade In the mold. ft*y By iho seed lo the soil, yV By the sweat and the toll, ftthe plow In tho loam. y By tho School and Iho Home I v•A 4 TsTwo huadred wagons, rolling out to SA Otokoo, iJr*. ov.«r» Tflpono. tanffin« freoigll-irialilnp-. { Tno hundred wagons, tanging frco .. ♦- anfl far, Aft! Two hundred wagons, rumbling, ,A ft grunibllng, roiling on, ft.ft Two hundred wagons, following t AV Star! A.y —Arthur Cultrrman In *1 Sing the ft;V *PI outer.*' ft;*y lt;n T. Dutton and Compaay. ft;
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Rock Valley Bee
Rock Valley, Iowa, US
Fri, Aug 31, 1928
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