The trail of the Loup; being a history of the Loup River region . n might appear! But has decreed that Ord mustwin! Do you remember, good reader,bow upon a certain night in January of78 Washingtons army lay entangled inmiry roads between the Delaware andthe Assinoink, hemmed in by thti exul-tant Cornwallis, when all but the commander-in-chief had despairedof safety, that suddenly the elements came to the patriots succor,freezing the roads and providing an avenue for escape? So howthese same elements came to our fathers rescue. Heavy rains in the easternpart of the state mad
The trail of the Loup; being a history of the Loup River region . n might appear! But has decreed that Ord mustwin! Do you remember, good reader,bow upon a certain night in January of78 Washingtons army lay entangled inmiry roads between the Delaware andthe Assinoink, hemmed in by thti exul-tant Cornwallis, when all but the commander-in-chief had despairedof safety, that suddenly the elements came to the patriots succor,freezing the roads and providing an avenue for escape? So howthese same elements came to our fathers rescue. Heavy rains in the easternpart of the state made travel difficult and delayed the sheriffs return fromWest Point, where a misguided judge had granted him the dreaded injunc-tion. Westward rains were delayed just long enough to allow Mr. Baileyto return from the Island with his precious law dryshod. Thenindeed did the sluices of Heaven open up! And every creek and gully go ona rampage, flooding the lowlands far and wide. But neither flood norstorm could stop our stalwart minion of the law. Homeward he strug-. Dr. Charles Badger; Firat Superintendentof Valley County Schools. ORGANIZATION OF VALLEY COUNTY—EARLY POLITICS 107 gled through rain and mire, much delayed though not disheartened. Yetit was to avail him nothing. At eight oclock sharp on the morning set for
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