The Rock River Country

Author : Royal Way
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781396578892
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book The Rock River Valley, Its History, Traditions, Legends and Charms, Vol. 3 of 3 written by Royal Way and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rock River Valley, Its History, Traditions, Legends and Charms, Vol. 3 of 3: Covering Jefferson, Dodge, Dane, and Rock Counties, Wisconsin, and Winnebago, Stephenson, Boone, Ogle, Lee, Whiteside, Henry and Rock Island Counties, Illinois Volumes have been written on the life and services to his country of Wil liam Dempster Hoard, governor of Wisconsin (1889 founder of the J effer son County Union and of Hoard's Dairyman, a soldier of the Union during the Civil war and throughout all his busy and useful life an ardent and devoted patriot. Other volumes might be written and then perhaps not fully cover the subject, for the radiations of the fine influence he exerted over the affairs of this midwestern country are continuing and the ramifications of the movements which he inaugurated in behalf of the great dairy industry constantly are being extended. It therefore must be left to other generations to work out the full story of that eventful life and of its influence. That Governor Hoard loved this wonderful region comprised within the beautiful and fruitful valley of the Rock river and that he gave the full forces of his tremendous energies to the extension of its interests, social, civic and industrial, renders it singularly fitting that in this definite history of the region in which he elected to spend his life there should be carried some brief tribute to the memory he left at his passing. Governor Hoard was a modest man. Honors came to him. He attained high public station. He held, as bound with hoops of steel, the affections of all who came within the radius of his distinctive and charming personality. Though he did not by any means hold lightly his public honors or station in life, for his intelligence cherished these evidences of the regard of his fellows, he did not vaunt them. Rather, if it may be believed that pride of title appealed at all to him, it may be said that the compliment which he cherished above all was that implied in the honorary title conferred upon him; by his associates in the work of promoting the great dairy interests of this country and by whom he was lovingly known and hailed as the father of modern dairying. This to him was as a patent of nobility, competent evidence that during his hour of labor on earth he had accomplished in the sight of his fellowmen a work that really was worth while. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.