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Oregon Pioneers 
 
 By 
 
 MARIA L. T. fllDDEN 
 
 Illustrated By 
 CoLisTA Murray Dowling 
 
 Copyright 1910 
 
 PUBLISHED BY 
 
 C. C. CHAPMAN CO. 
 Portland. Oregon 
 

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VOU followed the trail long years ago, 
 With footsteps light and hearts aglow, 
 To this Western land, now a nation's pride, 
 Where Columbia rolls to the ocean wide. 
 

VOU felled the trees and 
 
 tilled the soil, 
 And builded your homes 
 
 amid hardships and toil, 
 And planted churches and 
 
 schoolhouses fair, 
 In valleys, on hillsides, 
 
 everywhere. 
 
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'\X/'HERE the war-whoop 
 rang is the whistle of trains, 
 
 Over mountains and rivers and 
 fertile plains; 
 
 And flowers and fruits and pro- 
 ducts rare, 
 
 Blossom and flourish in Oregon 
 
 air. 
 
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 'Y^HE old mill-wheel, the 
 **schooner," canoe, 
 
 Gave place to the cry for all 
 things new. 
 
 And the wigwam's smoke and 
 the camp-fire' s gleam 
 
 Have passed from your sight as 
 a midnight dream. 
 
 
JN * forty-nine and the days of 
 old 
 
 You dug your wealth from the 
 
 mountain's bold. 
 Now the mills and the mints lay 
 
 the world' s vast stores 
 
 Of treasure and gold at your 
 very doors. 
 
r^N the trail of life you have traveled far, 
 You have built a state, and now ajar, 
 See the gates to that city of love and light, 
 In the Fatherland where there is no night. 
 
 
'Y'HE days of old, and the 
 days of gold, 
 
 Have passed away as a tale 
 
 that is told; 
 But their memory dear will 
 linger still, 
 
 And brighter grow down 
 life's long hill. 
 
 
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 npHE trail of life leads on to 
 that sea, 
 
 Which washes the shores of 
 eternity, 
 
 But the glory of sunset illum- 
 ines the tide 
 
 As you launch away for the 
 other side. 
 
T^HERE loved ones who journeyed 
 with you through the years, 
 
 Bravely sharing your hardships and 
 
 joys and tears, 
 Now joyously, lovingly wait, as of 
 
 yore, 
 
 To welcome you home when life's 
 journey is o'er. 
 
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