Pioneer Days

Famous quotes containing the words pioneer and/or days:

    Where the citizen uses a mere sliver or board, the pioneer uses the whole trunk of a tree.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Men have made out, that only they can run the world. It’s in about as bad a state as it well can be, but they are proud of their work.
    Ann Oddy, U.S. housekeeper. As quoted in All the Days of My Life, ch. 2 (1913)