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Show LANDMARKS KNOCKED AWAY. 319 beauty and stillness. The French traders and trappers called it Purgatoire, but now it is pronounced Picketware, which is a desecration," said the old man with an emphatic shake of his head. " The Fontaine is all that is left of the 'Fontaine qui Bouille,' and the Cache a la Poudre (Hiding-place of the Powder), named from the circumstance thafrthe old French trappers, years before, were accustomed to bury their powder on its banks to conceal it from the Indians, is now called Poudre. The new comers of the last decade don't appreciate the significance of these names, or in the rush of business haven't time to pronounce them." Many of the pioneers, like Jim. Baker, have lived to see their landmarks knocked away, yet their sympathies are keenly alive for the best welfare of their fellow-men, and their hearts beat responsive to the impulses that throb through the universe of progress. They are proud of the State whose corner-stone they laid, " Proud of her mines of silver and gold; Proud of her flocks spread over the plains; Proud of her sons, patriotic and bold; Proud of her fields of golden grain; Proud of her mountains and sunny skies; Proud of her Statehood, by birthright a peer; Midst the stars of the Union she shines, the prize, The crowning glory of the hundredth year." |