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Adlai Stevenson: The early settlers, the pioneers, the men who laid the foundations of what our eyes now behold, builded wisely and well.

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The early settlers, the pioneers, the men who laid the foundations of what our eyes now behold, builded wisely and well.
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Adlai Stevenson

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Stevenson commends the foundational work of the early pioneers in building the community.

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