This book is dedicated to our forefathers
who, with their strong character and pioneering spirit
helped make our nation what it is,
FOR
"Happy is the man who recalls his ancestors with pride, who
treasures the story of their greatness, tells the tales of their
heroic lives, and with joy too full for speech, realizes that fate
has linked him with a race of goodly men." - - Carlysle
John Leslie Mixson
1897-1988