Biographical Sketch of Orville Southerland Cox, Pioneer of 1847
The Pioneer Spirit
The Pioneer Spirit that mastered things
And Broke the virgin sod,
That conquered savages and kings,
And only bowed to God.
The Strength of mind and strength of soul—
The will to do or die,
That sets its heart upon a goal,
And made it far or high—
—Clarence Hawkes