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adapted to the rugged evironments of pioneer life.
However, as the tides of the ocean are forever faithful
to the mysterious attraction of the moon, so woman
has followed man across seas, over the mountains
and into the deserts to witness his adventures and
share his achievements. Those who lay the foundations
of empire and extend the outposts of civilization
are worthy of all, honor, and especially is this true of
the pioneer woman. If Texas today boasts of statesman
or warrior, of patriots and freemen, of a civilization
and a social fabric into which is inwrought the
elements of permanency and progress, she owes .it
largely to her pioneer women who founded the first
homes, worshipped in the first humble chapels erected
to God on these western hills and boundless: prairies
now crowded with temples and churches and schools
and institutions of learning, while the multitudinous
tramp of a million feet are still heard in the distance
coming this way to enjoy what these pioneer mothers
purchased by their sacrifice and privation., It was
not given to many of these leaders to enter into the
fruits of their labors. This splendid civilization we
enjoy today, the social vines that;shelter us, the civic
boughs whose clusters feed us, all spring froin the
seed sown, and the harvest of tears reaped by our
pioneers, our old settlers. These pioneerwomen were
familiar with mluh that has passed with the years,; so
rapidly have conditions changed. Be it said to their
honor that in humble homes and with few advintages
she dit well her part; there was something in-the Itllaby
that she sang to her children at twilight, in :the
Sublime simplicity of her teachings that fostered' a
twdy mood and patriotism which w.as iaw pght
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Hunter, J. Marvin. Pioneer history of Bandera County : seventy-five years of intrepid history, book, 1922; Bandera, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27720/m1/9/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.