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son. Ross, at the age ot mnty-s«‘ven years.i. Joaquin Miller’s ParentageMargaret Witt was married to Hul-. en Miller in 1835 in a church which . stood on the farm now owned by 1 Smith Mitchell. She was the mothers of Joaquin Miller, who is known as- explorer, warrior, minor, editor, judge.*•- traveller, politician, and best of all, i- The poet of the Sierras. His parents resided on the farm now owned by Monroe i.afu/.e and here in a little log cabin in 1ML' Joaquin was bon..In 1852 tin* Millers drove across the plains to the “Land of the Setting Sun where Margaret Miller became the “Queen of the (iolden West., until 'her death in December. H»05.It was there, too. that the poet Miller wrote impressions of these early Indiana pioneers in appealing song, as follows:“What strong: uncommon men were these. These settlers hewing to the seas!Great horny handed men and tan:Men blown from many a barren land Beyond the sea! men red of hand.And men in love and men in debt.Like David’s men in battle set;And men whose very hearts had died,Who only sought these woods to hide Their wretchedness, held in the van;Yet every man among them stood Alone, along- that sounding wood And every man somehow a man They pushed the mailed wood aside They tossed the forest like a toy That grand forgotten race of men -The boldest band that yet has been Together since the siege of Troy.”CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
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Lebanon Patriot
Lebanon, Indiana, US
Thu, Sep 05, 1907
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Indiana, USA 27 Feb 2018
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