Building The Approzches And Foundation 19

CON1ENTMENT ON A HUNDRED ACRES

Webster Rogerz, a former resident of this area, in his poem “The Pioneers” has preseited a picture of the founders of Wilmot Valley. Here are a few extracts fron that poem:

"heir deeds are written on the land, Those men of lowly name;

~theirs was the strong and faithful hand, Unskilled to grasp at fame; Content to lead a simple life

[ nvexed by discontent or strife,...

and the third stanza:

Lnused to scenes that stir and thrill To conquests lurid glow;

Tieir homely boast was strength and skill To lay the forest low;

T) tear the stubborn stump from earth, And burst the pine tree’s mighty girth

Vl ith strong and steady blow...

A favorite spot IO sit unc’ Ihmk. Edward Clark, looking over the “Rolling Bank, " just north oft/1e home Q’El'rier Waugh.