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( ] on f'1ct f1ct fact fictevtn ' , , enn even though tllOugh [ It t took tool . place In K IK Kineas 1D to tosus 1DS1 S1 sus [ ! , Instead Instcad of Wyoming WyomingIn "yom yom " Ins InsIn In October , ISO 1SG7 lSG7 ? . , . Capt Perry PerryFutchlnson PerryFutchlnson PerryFutchlnson Futchlnson finished erecting . a .1 1 110ur flour 110urnull flourmill flournull null mill on the Big Blue BIue river rl.er rler . , , only a ashort asnort ashort short snort distance from front the OregonTroll Oregon OregonTrail OregonTrail Trail Troll , , neir ne'1r ne1r Welt ' the present city of ofMar ofD1ar3 ofMarivillc Mar Mar"ille D1ar3 , } \"ille "ille ille villa \ " , , Kan Fan Then he and his hiswife hissvtfe hiswife wife svtfe decided dechled to hold a house 'house ' ' houseannIng \\annIng annIng Harm Harmlag \ \ \ arm armlng lng lag ' ' and Invite ; 'settlers settlers cettJers ' fioin flom from all allports allparts allparts ports parts of the counts count } to a danc dance to tobe tobe tobe be held on the lo 10\\ 10 10lr loner \ cr lr floor Hoor of the themill themill themill mill An upper room roomis \ \\is is tsas \ \ 1S ' arranged arrangedfor arrangedfor arrangedfor for a binquet b'tnquet btnquet banquet ' and an adjoinmgroom adjoiningroom adjoinmg adjoining adjoiningroom room , , also upstairs upst'1lr upst1lr ' , , was uxed fi.ed fied fixed ) . for forthe forthe forthe the mothers motbers who hi bl brought ought ough t theirbabies theirbabiesIt theIr theIrbabies theirabies babies abies b babiesIt abiesIt It wis W'1S W1S was ' Into this tbls room that tbree three threeyoung tbreeyoung threeyoung young darcde\ils darcde ils dnredelis dnredesils dnrede\ dnrede \ lis of the coromunitv COlUmu commu COlUmunltvD'1e commupityDose nltv-D'1\e nltv D'1 D1 e pity-Dose pity Dose - Di\e Di e ' \ Will W'111 W111 Nall ' cr or , Cile C'1le C1le Cale ' O Osborne Osborneand Obborneand horne horneand and Andv Andy 'lravelute-stole 'lravelute lravelute stole trnvelute-stole trnvelute ' Iravelute - - stole quietly quietlywhile quietlywhile quietlywhile while tlie the pirents p'lrents plrents parents ' of the young youngstars oung oungsters oungstcrs sters stars weie Here \ el e enjoying their dince d'1nce d1nce dance ' be beion belov 10\\ 10 ion 10nnd \ ' , and nnd mixed ml-ed ml ed mired - , : up the babies just lust justng lusts justas ng a s Wister Wlster 1Vister has hag de described crlbed the Incl lnct Incldent lnctdent incident dent In his book bool boot . And It \ ' was suns as tothe to tothe tothe the mill early the next ne\t ne t nest ' \ : morning morningthat morningthat morningthat that the thelndiBinntfatheis In indignant I11'1nt I111nt ' ; ' fnthels fathers and amI moth mothers mothors mothers ers ors came to 'swap swap ' swap offspring ' andget nnd and nndget andget get hick b1cl bleb . their ownHow awnHow own awn ownHow How did the incident become becom becometran becomtransplanted becometran e tran transplanted < splinted pl'1nted pl1nted ' to Wyoming 1Vyoming W omlng ? Two of ofthe 0 0the othe ( the Indignant parents parentsveie " \veie veie Here \ el e Dr nnd nnd'Irs an anMrs andMrs d df 'Irs Irs Mrs ' J . , J Cia\\ford Cia ford Cl:1\\ford Cl:1 Cl1 Cranford : \ ' \ \ A brother of ofDoctor o oDoctor otDoctor dk f Doctor Craford Cranford Craft Cra\\ Cra \ ford iris \ \ 1S ' s Chpt C'1pt C1pt Cipt ' Jack JackCrawford JackCrawford k , Cnwforl1 Crawford , , the famous "Poet Poet " Scout"who Scoutwho Scout ; , " ss \ ho " was "as as a fl filend friend lend of ot R " "ftlster'a ftlstera "Ister's Isters " ester's esters ' ' and andtold andtold andtold told him the tbe tale tnle At a n dance In Inthe inthe Inthe the Beir Be'1r Be1r Bear ' Creek Creel . country , which ' \ hleh Wister Wis iVs Wister iVster [ ter attended one nl night ht while he wasn was wasIn wasIn In i n W Wyoming 11'yomtng 11yomtng ' omlng , he remembered the theSara theiain Sara al n llesult ltesuit liesult * . It W'1S W1S was w ' s woven WOHn wosen Into Intohis intohis Intohis his story and attributed to his fic fie fictIonal fietlonal fietlonal tIonal tlonal heroes , , 'the the ' the Vilginiin Vhgml1n Vhgtniau ' ' and'Lln and 'Lln Lln 'Lln1cLe'1n ' ' Lin McLein \1cLe'1n 1cLe'1n 1cLe1n 1lcLean : \ ' " - First Football Helmet HelmetDACK HelmetBACK BACK In the eaily eally early dais da s of football football foot footu -u u - ball , , the davs days da ' " 8 of "flying flying " wedges'mass wedgesmass wedges , , . " ' ' mass plt3s pli pll s and no forpatd for " aid attI pJsses passes passesits , Its i ts husky hushy players wore little of the theprotectle theprotectise theprotective ' protectl\e protectl e protectise \ armor ol of later days daysThe daysThey daysThei The They went into lOtO the frav fra\ fra fras frab'1re \ hire b'1re b1re bare ' head headedand headedand lieadcd ed-and ed and - - and hoped for the best ISo l lSo I ISo So on December 2 . , , 1893 180J 1593 , when the theNa theNary tluNavy ' Na\ Na Nay Nary \ y tcim te'1m te1m team ' trotted out on the fielifor field fieldfor fieldfor [ for the fOUl fouith fourth th gime g'1me g1me game ' of the first se serles sertes series rles rtes played with the Army , specta sweets sweetstors spectators spectators tors looked lool.cd loolcd looped . with ss \ Ith lth ama7ement ama1ement amazement at onof one oneof oneof ( ' of the 1'IVy racy Is 1\ 1 \ ' ivy 'IVy pliyers pl'lyers pllyers players ' It was Capt CaptJO'5eph CaptJoseph CaptJoseph JO'5eph JO5eph Joseph ' \ M 1\1 1 flee\ flee Reeves fleees \ es and he was Has \ as we'1r we1r wear wearfag we'1rIng weiring ' Ing fag a n clumsy contraption contr'1ptlon contr1ptlon ' on hIs hIshead hishead hi ; ' head It " was as a heavy felt pad pall cos- cos cosered CO\ CO COered covered \ . - ered with doeskin doesl.ln doeslln . , and tied with withleather ' \ vvittleather ith ithleather leather straps under his dun chm chin , , , which whichmade whichmade whicimade made him look look'ery ' \ very \'ery 'ery ery much like lIl\e lIl e \ a aTibetan aTibetan iTibetan Tibetan lamanut lamaBut lama lamaBut But nut there was a good reason for forhis forhis foihis . his weiring "e\rlnb "e e rlnb wearing " ' \ It The hard hittin hitting hittingc'1ptam hittingcaptain ; , ' , ciptain c'1ptam c1ptam captain ' had sufTered suffered a head Injury Injuryand , and If lie he ire didn't didnt ' ' pMy phy play , defeat defe'lt defelt ' of the theN'l theNosy tinNivy \ N'l Nl Nosy ' \ Y was ilmost 1lmost almost ' certain So the thecoach tincoach , coach hid h'1d h1d had ' tlie the ttaner ti t1 ' liner 1lner [ fa fashion hlon this thishelmetthe thishelmetthe tin ; 5 helmet-the helmet the helmet - the Gist fltst fil t ever used In foot footb'111for footbill b'111-for b'111 b111 for ball-for ball ' - - for him an and It enabled him blm to tostay tostay tistay ) stay thiough through tlu ough the whole game which \ whicithe hlch hlchthe the Navy Wavy avy won \ w \ on by a score of G to 4The 4The 4 4The The Captain Reeves llee\es llee es Reeses \ of 180391 18030t 189391 In Inlater inlater Iilater later sears eus becimo bec'1me bec1me became ' Rear ReardmlraReeves Rearmlral \mlral mlral Admiral AdmiralRees \dmlraReeves dmlraReeves \ ( ] mlralRee Ree\ Ree Rees Reees \ es and a member of the gen gee general geeoral general eral oral board In the i Isavy a\"Y a "Y Y asy \ " departmenit departmentat department 1t at ' Washington WachIngton ; Another member or of orthat ofthat otliat that team was also marked marl\ed marl ed \ for fu fu- fu future . - - ture tore distinction He was knownthen known knownthen knowlthen then as ' ' Spooney " Churchill ChurchUl , , right rightguar rightguard righguard guar guard ( ] A later generation of Arneileans Amer AmerIC.lns Americons IC.lns IClns icons . was to know l.now lnow , . him hire as WInston WInstonChurch1Jl WInstoiChurchill n Church1Jl Churchill , , author ot of "The The " Crossing Cross CrossIng Crossing Ing , " 'The The ' The Crisis " and a number o oother oother of ofother f other distinguished no\ no novel3 noela nosela \ ela of Amer Arneilean Amerlean , Ican lean life . 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