Bisbee daily review., 1910-03-13

plains.
 The pioneers of Arizona were unlike those of any part of what was once the great American frontier. They were sui generis. Their lives and motives were different. While those who led the march of settlement and | civilization in California and the northwest were lured by the stories of the wonderful richness Of a new | Fl Dorado. and dazzling dreams of | golden wealth. the pioneers of -he | great Southwest were attracted by i the boUndless possibilities of her | soil and cdimate. as we'll as bN her mineral wealth.
 Another fact that contributed large ] ly toward making the early settlers Of Arizona pioneers in the str'ctest sense Of the word. was their evident determination to remain in the part of the country they had chosen and build permanent homes. To that end they selected from the vast area be- fore them. such Of the lands as most fully met the requirements of their ideals of home. and proceeded to make the spot as homelike as was possible under the then existing cir cumstances and conditions. In some cases they chose wives from among the best of the Mexican families to be found at the frontier presidios. and some of the most respected and in fluentia, citizens of the Territory of Arizona are descended from those early settlers and Mexican mothers.
 The sturdy qualities of the father and the amiable nature of the moth- CT made a happy blend of character. | The predominating influence of the American blood. however. Is shown in the type of man and woman pro duced by this union of races. ana the universality with which the Eng | fish language is spoken throughout the territory.
 The isolation Of the Pioneers of Arizona from the society and influ- encc of the oder portions of the West had the effect to bind them together the with ties of common interest, and Ieveled the inequalities of birth and education. The college bred man and
 the aristocrat struggled against the
 forces of nature and fought the com mon enemy of civilization, shoulder
 to shoulder with the one education ally less fortunate and the sturdy til'-
 CT of the soil Alike surrounded by the same dangers, incident to frontier
 life and impelled by an ardor born of the same desires and ambitions they came to know and trust each other as only can be known and trust
 ed those who have been weighed in
 the balance of crucial experience and 1 tried by fire Their chivalry and
 courageous daring was of knighty
 kind. Their self-sacrificing devotion
 to duty was martyr-like Their god was nature and their religion. homer They succored the helpless and needy and honesty and virtue were the pass
 words to their fraternity.
 ater on there will appear articles
 which deal more particularly with the achievements and personnel of the
 great hearted John the Baptists of Ari zona But as aclass.it remain simp'S . to be said that from the time the Pil , grim fathers and the Caviliers first blazed the trail Of progress and civ
 ilization across the American cOnti . nent. their work being taken up by the early settlers of Ohio and Ken lucky. followed by theArgonauts off! ; and finished by the home builders and country makers of Arizona and New Mexico, there never has been 2
 class of citizenship and empire build
 CTS, who incourage of heart, in sim p'fcity and sweetness of nature, 1T
 generosity and is crude. but great Q morality equalled the fOre-fathers o Arizona. They lived in an age of law
 lessness and they used methods tha were at times more stern than Black ' stonian. But they had the compe \ tency to meet conditions as they foun'
 them. to work out their own salva ton and to bring order out of chaos
 Not to the modern. entcrprisins l whoIe-souIed Arizonian of today bu to the loyal. intrepid, fearless. con
 scientious pioneer. is due the Mon share of the credit for modern Arizc na-
 In such a great. vast, rich common \ wealth. will be found the stone !. mark their memories They will hN \ in the hearts of men and women To generations to come. their handiwor
 will be eternal in the empire. whic
 is to be the oak from their acorn C
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