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D@LCOUBGMEGJGC]P .................................................................................... 5Y[GFD@G ............................................................................................................. >@HDY]G[ 4 - NP N] PYGBBGM @OFOCG O[ @DFOCG? .................................. 4=@HDY]G[ ; - ]HG AOW[CG^ ]O ]HG CGU BDCM ......................................... 45Cdtdbg @ofocg .................................................................................................... 48Dcegbd Edkrngbg ................................................................................................. ;8@HDY]G[ 0]HG JD[[NDEG OF CD]DBG & DCEGBD ................................ 00Gdrby Bnfg ............................................................................................................ 08Off to Ygccsybvdcnd .......................................................................................... 08Cgxt Ptop1 Jnccgsotd ....................................................................................... =0
Kd`l to Ntdby ....................................................................................................... ==
Kd`l to thg WP................................................................................................... =6@HDY]G[ =E[DCMYD JNBN]D[^ PG[VN@G ............................................... =>@HDY]G[ 6 - ]HG DJG[N@DC HOJGP]GDMP ............................................... 76]hg Cutbgy Housg .............................................................................................. 76
]hg Cutbgy Housg Fnrg.................................................................................... 60]hg Bycmhurst Housg ....................................................................................... 59@HDY]G[ 5- OW[ E[DCMYD[GC]P FDJNB^ & DC@GP]O[P .................... 5>]hg Fdjnbys Egoerdphn` Ornencs .................................................................... 84
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Krngf Dc`ngct Hnstory ........................................................................................ 8;D`rn Egoerdphy ................................................................................................. 80Mgjoerdphn`s ................................................................................................... 87]hg Ntdbndc Hojgstgdm ...................................................................................... 86Dc`gstrdb Bncgs ................................................................................................. 85
CD]DBG @OFOCG .......................................................................................... 88Njjgmndtg Fdjnby ........................................................................................ 88
Cdtdbg @ofocgs Dc`gstors .............................................................................. >>Erdcmpd Cdtdbgs Ydtgrcdb Erdcmpdrgcts.................................................... >>Erdcmpd Cdtdbgs Ydtgrcdb Ergdt-Erdcmpdrgcts........................................ 490Erdcmpd Cdtdbgs Ydtgrcdb Ergdt-Ergdt Erdcmpdrgcts .............................. 498Erdcmpd Cdtdbgs Ydtgrcdb Ergdt-Ergdt-Ergdt Erdcmpdrgcts ................... 440Erdcmpd Cdtdbgs Jdtgrcdb Erdcmpdrgcts................................................. 44=Erdcmpd Cdtdbgs Jdtgrcdb Ergdt-Erdcmpdrgcts ....................................... 445Erdcmpd Cdtdbgs Jdtgrcdb Ergdt-Ergdt-Erdcmpdrgcts ............................. 4;4Erdcmpd Cdtdbgs Jdtgrcdb Ergdt-Ergdt-Ergdt Erdcmpdrgcts ................... 4;5
Cdtdbg @ofocg Ygmnergg @hdrt ....................................................................... 4;>DCEGBD EDK[NGBG ..................................................................................... 404
Njjgmndtg Fdjnby ...................................................................................... 404Dcegbd Edkrngbgs Dc`gstors......................................................................... 406
Erdcmjd Dcegbds Ydtgrcdb Erdcm Ydrgcts.............................................. 406Erdcmjd Dcegbds Ydtgrcdb Ergdt Erdcm Ydrgcts..................................... 405Erdcmjd Dcegbds Ydtgrcdb Ergdt-Ergdt Erdcm Ydrgcts .......................... 40>Erdcmjd Dcegbds Ydtgrcdb Ergdt-Ergdt-Ergdt Erdcm Ydrgcts ................ 4=0Erdcmjd Dcegbds Jdtgrcdb Erdcm Ydrgcts.............................................. 4==
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Erdcmjd Dcegbds Jdtgrcdb Ergdt Erdcm Ydrgcts.................................... 4=6Erdcmjd Dcegbds Jdtgrcdb Ergdt-Ergdt Erdcm Ydrgcts .......................... 479Erdcmjd Dcegbds Jdtgrcdb Ergdt-Ergdt-Ergdt Erdcm Ydrgcts ................ 47=
Dcegbd Edkrngbg Ygmnergg @hdrt .................................................................... 477@HDY]G[ 8 - ]HG FDJNB^ CN@LCDJGP ...................................................... 475@HDY]G[ >]UO WC@BGP UG CGVG[ LCGU .......................................... 46;Dcegbo @ofocg ................................................................................................ 466Dbfocso @ofocg ............................................................................................... 459Othgr @hnbmrgc ................................................................................................. 457@HDY]G[ 49NCPNEH] NC]O FDJNB^ BNFG ................................................ 45>
Gxtgcmgm Fdjnby ............................................................................................ 48=Erdcmpd Uds D Ptrn`t Jdc ............................................................................ 485Erdcmpds Egctbg Hgdrt................................................................................ 485]hg @drcnvdb .................................................................................................. 48>
Duct Jdry Ptorngs .......................................................................................... 4>4Erdcmpds wdeocs........................................................................................ 4>0Boungs Knlg ................................................................................................... 4>=Boungs Jotor`y`bg ......................................................................................... 4>=
Dcnjdb Ptorngs ............................................................................................... 4>7Wc`bg Anjjy Ptorngs ...................................................................................... 4>6Cn`lcdjgs .................................................................................................... 4>>Erdcmjds Jgmn`db Plnbbs ............................................................................ 4>>Erdcmpd Eogs ]o Adnb ................................................................................... ;99]rynce ]o Purvnvg ]hg Mgprgssnoc ................................................................ ;9=
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Fdjnby Frngcm Jdbbdrngbo @hnjgcto ................................................................ ;97Duct Agdc Ptorngs .......................................................................................... ;96Duct ]gssng ................................................................................................... ;95Duct Fborng ..................................................................................................... ;98Duct Aosng ..................................................................................................... ;9>Kdptnsjdb [g`orms ........................................................................................ ;9>Ygrsocdb [g`obbg`tnocs .................................................................................. ;4;
Duct ]gssng dcm Wc`bg Cdt ............................................................................. ;;5Wc`bg Anjjy dcm Duct [osng ........................................................................ ;05Duct Aosng dcm huskdcm 4 ............................................................................. ;=;Duct Aosng dcm Wc`bg Gmmng ........................................................................... ;=;Duct Jdry dcm huskdcm 4 .............................................................................. ;=7Duct Jdry dcm Wc`bg Poccy .......................................................................... ;=5Duct Fborng dcm Wc`bg [gm ............................................................................. ;79Wc`bg Boung dcm Duct Dceng .......................................................................... ;75Duct Agdc dcm Wc`bg Boung ............................................................................ ;60@HDY]G[ 4;- NC PG[VN@G ]O OW[ @OWC][^ ............................................ ;66Wc`bg Poccy .................................................................................................... ;68Wc`bg Gmmng ..................................................................................................... ;54Wc`bg [gm ........................................................................................................ ;50Wc`bg Boung @ofocg ........................................................................................ ;57Wc`bg Boung Jgeenobdro ................................................................................. ;56@HDY]G[ 40]HG UD^ ]HG^ UG[G ......................................................... ;5>
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@HDY]G[ 4=FDJNB^ E[DVGPN]GP .......................................................... ;87@HDY]G[ 47 - ]HG PG@OCM EGCG[D]NOC ................................................ ;>4Anjjy dcm Boung Eo to Udshncetoc ............................................................. ;>;Duct Aosng, Duct Agdc dcm thg Hnbb ................................................................ ;>8GYNBOEWG ....................................................................................................... ;>>DYYGCMN@GP................................................................................................... 09;@ofocg Fdjnby Dkkrgvndtgm ]njg Bncg .......................................................... 09;[gbdtnocshnp @hdrt .......................................................................................... 097@ofocg Cdjg Mnstrnkutnoc nc Ntdby ................................................................. 096Edkrngbg Cdjg Mnstrnkutnoc nc Ntdby ............................................................... 095NCMGX ............................................................................................................... 098
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Mgmn`dtnoc
For Erdcmpd dcm Erdcmjd dcm dbb thgnr pdst, prgsgct dcm futurg egcgrdtnocs.
D`lcowbgmegjgcts
]hns hnstorn`db d``ouct dcm jgjonr woubm cgvgr hdvg kggc possnkbg wgrg
nt cot for thg `octrnkutnocs or rgsgdr`h gfforts of jdcy pgopbg. ]hroueh jdcy
nctgrvngws dcm thg `octrnkutnocs of photos dcm mo`ujgcts N wds dkbg to bgdrc
sojg nctgrgstnce ncforjdtnoc dkout our fdjnbys gdrby ygdrs hgrg nc thg Wcntgm
Ptdtgs. N fggb nt ns njportdct to rg`oecnzg sgvgrdb pgopbg who pdssgm oc fnrst-
hdcm d``oucts of fdjnby `occg`tnocs dcm gvgcts. ]hosg pgrsocs drg jy pdrgcts
Bouns @ofocg dcm Dcegbd @ofocg, jy ducts [osg @dfocg, Jdry Drd`g, Agdc
Jgeenobdro dcm ]gssng Pnjocg. Dbso nc`bumgm nc thns `dtgeory drg jy ergdt-uc`bg
Cuczndto @ofocg dcm Erdcmpds cng`g @hrnstncd Pdppornto dcm `ousncs [osg dcm
Frdcl Dmrdecd, Aog Pnjocg, dcm [n`h Pnjocg. ]hosg who dssnstgm mnrg`tby nc
thg rgsgdr`h wgrg jy wnfg Kdrkdrd @ofocg, jy snstgrs Jdrng Lgdrcs dcm [osgDcc @ofocg-Ptgwdrt, dcm `ousncs Aohc @dfocg dcm Ednb (Dmrdecd) Jdurnbbo.
Othgr `ousncs froj thg @ofocg, @dfocg, Kob`dto, Jgeenobdro, Myeus dcm
Dmrdecd bncg provnmgm hgbp wnth photos dcm mo`ujgcts dcm rg`ouctnce storngs
pdssgm mowc to thgj. N dpoboenzg to thosg N jdy hdvg foreottgc.
N dbso cggm to d`lcowbgmeg d jdc who ns co mnrg`t rgbdtnoc dcm whoj N
hdvg cgvgr jgt nc pgrsoc. Hns cdjg ns Gmwdrm Krocgalo dcm N kgbngvg hg bnvgs nc
@dbnforcnd. Gm ns d enftgm Egcgdboenst who hds egcgrousby envgc hns tnjg dcm
gffort to provnmg Ntdbndc hnstorn`db fdjnby ncforjdtnoc edrcgrgm froj d mdtdkdsg of
offn`ndb D`rn knrth, mgdth dcm jdrrndeg rg`orms thdt hg hds nc hns possgssnoc dcm
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whn`h mdtg kgtwggc 489> dcm 4>49. N hdvg `ojg to bgdrc thdt Gm hds dssnstgm
jdcy pgopbg who wgrg dcm drg sgglnce fdjnbndb mdtd froj southgrc Ntdby dcm nc
pdrtn`ubdr D`rn, thg `rdmbg of our fdjnbys ornenc. Ky d strolg of bu`l N gc`ouctgrgm
Gm oc thg nctgrcgt whnbg sgglnce sour`g ncforjdtnoc rgedrmnce our fdjnbys
hgrntdeg dcm pgmnergg. Ju`h, nf cot jost, of whdt you wnbb rgdm dkout rgedrmnce
thg dc`gstors of Cdtdbg @ofocg dcm Dcegbd Edkrngbg hds kggc pdrdphrdsgm or
tdlgc mnrg`tby froj mdtd Gm hds erd`nousby provnmgm dcm gxpbdncgm.
]hns worl wds mocg to provnmg prgsgct dcm futurg egcgrdtnocs d hnstorn`db
kd`leroucm of thg kgenccnces of our krdc`h of thg @ofocg fdjnby koth hgrg nc thg
Wcntgm Ptdtgs dcm nc Ntdby.
D``ormnce to thg W.P. `gcsus kurgdu nc 4>>9, @ofocg ns thg 5=,955thjost
popubdrbdst cdjg (surcdjg) nc thgWcntgm Ptdtgs.970 \Pour`g@KCZ
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Yrgfd`g
]hns ns thg sg`ocm gmntnoc of our fdjnbys hnstory. ]hns gmntnoc ns
mnffgrgctndtgm froj dc gdrbngr vgrsnoc bdregby mug to d``gss of ncforjdtnoc
`octdncgm nc Ntdbndc knrth, mgdth dcm jdrrndeg rg`orms thdt wgrg cot dvdnbdkbg
whgc thg fnrst gmntnoc wds rgbgdsgm sgvgrdb ygdrs deo. ]hns gmntnoc dbso `octdncs
sojg ncforjdtnoc froj othgr eovgrcjgctdb rg`orms su`h ds @gcsus dcm Jnbntdry
rg`orms whn`h wgrg prgvnousby cot d``gssnkbg.
]hg proag`t, whn`h ncvobvgm jdcy hours of rgsgdr`h, ncvgstnedtnoc dcm
wrntnce, d`tudbby kgedc jdcy ygdrs deo. Ds d lnm N rg`dbbgm hgdrnce fdjnby storngs
tobm to jg ky Erdcmjd, jy pdrgcts, dcm sojg of our ducts dcm uc`bgs dcm N
wocmgrgm nf sojg of thg storngs wgrg trug or jgrgby fn`tnocdbnzgm d``oucts of
gvgcts thdt trdcspnrgm thosg jdcy ygdrs deo. N projnsgm jysgbf thdt ocg mdy, nf
tnjg pgrjnttgm, N woubm try to shgm sojg bneht oc our fdjnbys hnstory. Nt wds nc
4>>; thdt N kgedc thg ncntndb ncvgstnedtnoc ncto whdt hds provgc to kg d fds`ncdtnce
dbkgnt, protrd`tgm gcmgdvor.
Pnc`g ;990 sgjn-rgtnrgjgct hds provnmgm jg jorg tnjg to gxpborg our
fdjnbys hnstory, kut ucfortucdtgby mug to bnfgs mgjdcms d proag`t su`h ds thns `dc
ocby kg `ocmu`tgm nc d png`gjgdb fdshnoc. Uhdt ns prgsgctgm hgrg ocby s`rdt`hgs
thg surfd`g. ^ou wnbb rgdm fd`tudb d``oucts kdsgm upoc mo`ujgctgm gvnmgc`g
dcm d`tudbby vngw `opngs of sojg of thg gvnmgc`g. ^ou wnbb dbso rgdm ncforjdtnoc
thdt wds provnmgm to jg ky gygwntcgssgs who wgrg prgsgct whgc `grtdnc gvgcts
ucfobmgm. Aust ds nc ;990 whgc N stdrtgm to sgt thns d``ouct to pdpgr, sdmby,
tomdy nc ;94; thgrg drg hdrmby dcy gygwntcgssgs rgjdncnce. Of thg ornencdb sgvgc
`ojjocby lcowc survnvnce @ofocg `hnbmrgc ocby Duct Jdry dcm Duct Agdc
rgjdnc dcm of thg ornencdb nc-bdws, jy jothgr Dcegbd dcm Duct [osng drg stnbb wnth
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us. Cow nc jy bdtg 79s, N hdvg oftgc rgergttgm thdt N hdm cot spolgc to our boce
eocg rgbdtnvgs dcm fdjnby frngcms dkout thg ornencs dcm gdrby tnjgs of our fdjnby
koth hgrg dcm nc thg obm `ouctry. Froj tnjg to tnjg N wnbb dssgrt jy owc
rg`obbg`tnocs of thg fdjnbys pdst, bnjntgm thoueh thgy jdy kg, to hgbp gjphdsnzg
d fd`t or to hgbp you njdencg how thnces wgrg.
Bnlg dbb fdjnbngs ours hdm nts mnffn`ubt jojgcts. Kgsnmgs trden` gvgcts su`h
ds thg prgjdturg mgdths of sojg of our jgjkgrs, thgrg wgrg gxtgcmgm pgrnoms
of tnjg, su`h ds nc thg jnm to bdtg 69s whgc, mug to d jdaor fdjnby fgum, `grtdnc
fdjnby jgjkgrs mnm cot spgdl to ocg dcothgr, ]hg mgrnsnoc nc thg fdjnby bdstgm
for dpproxnjdtgby 47 ygdrs, kut fortucdtgby thg fdjnby rgsobvgm thgnr mnffgrgc`gsdcm rgucntgm dednc. Nssugs surroucmnce jocgy dcm propgrty oftgc provolgm
gvgcts su`h ds thgsg. ]roukbgm tnjgs `grtdncby hgbpgm to forj thg fdkrn` of our
fdjnby dcm for sojg thg jgjorngs jdy stnbb kg uc`ojfortdkbg dt sojg bgvgb. Nc
thg tdkbonm mrnvgc so`ngty of thg gdrby ;4st@gctury nctnjdtg mgtdnbs of fdjnby
s`hnsjs jneht kg rgbnshgm ky sojg. Howgvgr, thns gcmgdvor ns cot d tdkbonm dcm
sojg thnces drg kgttgr bgft ucsdnm. ]hgrgforg you wnbb cot rgdm dkout nctnjdtgby
mgtdnbgm d``ouctnces of su`h gvgcts othgr thdc pgrhdps d krngf pdssdeg
`octdncgm djoce thg ncforjdtnoc prgsgctgm throuehout thns scdpshot of thg
@ofocg fdjnby. ]hns worl ns jgrgby d wncmow to our pdst dcm sgrvgs ds d
rgfgrgc`g of whgrg wg hdvg kggc.
Ds N dbbumgm to dkovg, d jdaor rgergt N hdvg ns thdt ygdrs deo N mnm cot snt
mowc wnth sojg of thg pgopbg you wnbb rgdm dkout to rg`orm sojg of thgnr
d``oucts of thg pdst dcm qugstnoc thgj dkout thg jdaor gvgcts of our fdjnbys
hnstory. Fortucdtgby, ovgr thg `oursg of prgpdrnce thns dttgjptgm hnstorn`db
d``ouct N wds dkbg to spgdl to thg fnrst egcgrdtnoc Djgrn`dcs of thg @ofocg
fdjnby dcm edrcgr sojg usgfub ncforjdtnoc. Nt woubm kg wocmgrfub nf wg `oubm dbb
rg`orm storngs dcm ncforjdtnoc dkout our lncfobl bgdrcgm froj our pdrgcts dcm
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rgbdtnvgs dcm prgsgrvg nt for thg postgrnty of our fdjnby. ]hns ns dc njjgmndtg
`hdbbgceg to thosg of us nc thg sg`ocm Djgrn`dc-korc egcgrdtnoc ds wg drg cow
thg cgdrgst duthorntdtnvg sour`g. Dcothgr rgbdtgm rgergt N hdvg ns thdt jdcy of thg
pgopbg of whn`h N spgdl nc thg pdegs thdt fobbow drg cot hgrg to rgdm thns
d``ouctnce.
Nc gxdjncnce whdt fobbows, you wnbb dbso bgdrc sojgthnce dkout your roots
nc thg obm `ouctry. ^ou wnbb fncm out whgrg wg `djg froj dcm d bnttbg dkout how
wg eot hgrg. Ocby rg`gctby, wnth thg hgbp of d egctbgjdc N jgctnocgm nc thg
d`lcowbgmegjgcts, Gm Krocgalo, hdvg wg kggc envgc ncsneht to sojg bncgs of
our fdjnbys roots thdt mdtg kd`l to thg bdtg 4599s. N wnbb provnmg whdt N hdvgbgdrcgm throueh Gm. Nc jy possgssnoc drg `opngs of d`tudb knrth, mgdth, dcm
jdrrndeg rg`orms thdt hg provnmgm. Ygrhdps ocg mdy, shoubm d @ofocg fdjnby
wgksntg gvgr `ojg ncto gxnstgc`g, thosg `opngs of thg d`tudb mo`ujgcts `dc kg
mnspbdygm for dbb to pgrusg. Dcothgr thnce to lggp nc jncm ns thdt sojg of thg
fdjnby `occg`tnocs froj thg jnm-4899s dcm gdrbngr drg gxtrdpobdtgm or othgrwnsg
surjnsgm. Ds su`h, thgrg ns dbwdys sojg uc`grtdncty nc thg mdtd.
N hdvg mg`nmgm to fo`us jost of jy ncvgstnedtnoc oc thg gdrby ygdrs
kgenccnce wnth Erdcmpd dcm Erdcmjds drrnvdb nc Djgrn`d dcm `octncunce up
throueh thg fnrst sgvgrdb mg`dmgs of thg twgctngth `gctury. Uhnbg thdt soucms bnlg
d jdaor ucmgrtdlnce thg truth ns thgrg ns cot ds ju`h fd`tudb ncforjdtnoc dkout
our hnstory throueh thdt pgrnom ds N wds hopnce dcm dkbg to uc`ovgr. N `dc tgbb you
thdt bnlg jdcy fdjnbngs, ovgr thg ygdrs our fdjnby hds sggc sojg wocmgrfub tnjgs
ds wgbb ds tujubtuous dcm trden` tnjgs. Jy hopg ns thdt ocg-mdy sojgocg gbsg
froj pgrhdps jy egcgrdtnoc or d egcgrdtnoc to fobbow wnbb `octncug wnth thns worl.
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Nc ;99> our fdjnby `gbgkrdtgm nts 499th Dccnvgrsdry of kgnce nc thg Wcntgm
Ptdtgs. Wcfortucdtgby nt wds too mnffn`ubt to or`hgstrdtg d fdjnby gc`bdvg to
`ojjgjordtg thg gvgct `obbg`tnvgby. Ds our fdjnby `octncugs to erow wg fncm
oursgbvgs jovnce furthgr dpdrt. Uhnbg thns ns d sdm kut trug fd`t of bnfg, nt ns dbso d
cdturdb proergssnoc. Our fdjnby hds erowc so ju`h murnce nts fnrst hucmrgm ygdrs
hgrg nc thg Wcntgm Ptdtgs. Ug drg `urrgctby up to thg fourth Djgrn`dc korc
egcgrdtnoc of @ofocg mgs`gcmdcts. Bnfg nc thg twgcty-fnrst `gctury ns cot ds
snjpbg ds nt wds nc thg 4>79s dcm 4>69s, whn`h wds d tnjg whgc thosg of us nc
thg sg`ocm Djgrn`dc egcgrdtnoc wgrg `hnbmrgc or youce dmubts. Jomgrc bnfg hds
kroueht us so jdcy okbnedtnocs dcm rgspocsnknbntngs thdt nt ns gxtrgjgby mnffn`ubt, nf
cot njpossnkbg, to jdlg tnjg for gxtgcmgm fdjnby. Ds thg `bn`h eogs, wg sggj
ocby to `dt`h up dt fucgrdbs dcm o``dsnocdb wgmmnces. Nrocn`dbby, thgsg vgry
gvgcts thdt hdvg hgbpgm us to jdnctdnc our fdjnby kocms, sdmby, nc tnjg, ds thg
fdjnby `octncugs to gxpdcm, wnbb co bocegr prgsgct dc opportucnty to `ojg
toegthgr. Wbtnjdtgby thg fdjnby bncg kg`ojgs so wnmgsprgdm thdt wg wnbb
gvgctudbby bosg thg lcowbgmeg of who our kboom rgbdtnvgs drg. Kgyocm thg
egcgrdtnocs njjgmndtgby kgforg dcm dftgr our owc wg mo cot gvgc lcow thg
cdjgs of our `ousncs or whgrg thgy bnvg dcm whdt thgy mo. Po pgrhdps for futurg
egcgrdtnocs d short wrnttgc hnstory su`h ds thns wnbb sgrvg ds d rgjncmgr of our
fdjnbys aourcgy, dt bgdst ds nt kgedc hgrg nc Djgrn`ddcm wnth sojg rgfbg`tnoc
towdrms nts ornencs nc Ntdby.
Ug wgrg bu`ly ygdrs deo to aonc toegthgr for d fdjnby rgucnoc. Ygrhdps wg
`dc gcmgdvor to mo thg sdjg dednc sojgtnjg nc thg futurg.
N woubm bnlg to thdcl dbb of you who edvg sojg tnjg to hgbp jg nc thns
gcmgdvor. For ds boce ds possnkbg N wnbb `octncug to jdnctdnc thns rgposntory of our
fdjnby hnstory. N woubm dsl gd`h of you to pbgdsg `octd`t jg to shdrg whdtgvgr
fd`ts dcm jgjorngs you woubm bnlg to dmm to thns hnstorn`db d``ouct. Nf dcm whgc
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su`h dmmntnocdb ncforjdtnoc kg`ojgs dvdnbdkbg dcm nt ns of suffn`ngct qudctnty dcm
qudbnty, N wnbb, nf dkbg, pukbnsh suksgqugct gmntnocs. Dcm of `oursg dcy su`h
upmdtgm ncforjdtnoc wnbb kg jdmg dvdnbdkbg to dbb nc our fdjnby.
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@hdptgr 4 - Ns nt spgbbgm @Ofocg or @Dfocg?
]hgrg hds dbwdys kggc d qugstnoc ds to thg `orrg`t spgbbnce of thg fdjnby s
bdst cdjg. Erdcmpds offn`ndb knrth `grtnfn`dtg (d 4>05 `opy dttd`hgm) shows thdt
thg spgbbnce of hns bdst cdjg ns @Ofocg.
N dj cot quntg surg how thg @Dfocg vgrsnoc eot stdrtgm kut N suspg`t nt
just kg rgbdtgm to how thg cdjg soucms nc procuc`ndtnoc. Erdcmpd's jnbntdry
mns`hdreg pdpgrs hdvg thg cdjg `bgdrby spgbbgm ds @Dfocg, ygt hns cdturdbnzdtnoc
pdpgrs show thg spgbbnce ds @Ofocg. ]hg drjy prokdkby spgbbgm nt phocgtn`dbby
dcm hgc`g thg @Dfocg mgrnvdtnvg.
N mnstnc`tby rgjgjkgr Erdcmpd dcm Erdcmjd procouc`nce thg cdjg dcm
gjphdsnznce thg @O soucm. Wc`bg Anjjy ns usudbby `rgmntgm ds thg fnrst ocg of
Erdcmpd dcm Erdcmjds `hnbmrgc to `ocs`nousby usg thg @D vgrsnoc, whn`h hg
bnlgby mnm whgc hg wds vgry youce. Hg jdy hdvg kdsgm hns mg`nsnoc oc how thg
cdjg soucmgm or pgrhdps hg tool thg spgbbnce froj Erdcmpds jnbntdry pdpgrs. N
dj cot surg how nt ns
spgbbgm oc Wc`bg Anjjys
knrth `grtnfn`dtg, kut N
suspg`t nt bnlgby ns thg @D
mgrnvdtnvg. Ug mo lcow
howgvgr, thdt thg offn`ndb Kdptnsjdb [genstgr froj Hoby Fdjnby @hur`h hds Wc`bg
Anjjys cdjg bnstgmvgry `bgdrby ds Vnc`gczo @Ofocg. Dc ucmdtgm cotdtnoc nc
thg bdst `obujc of thg [genstgr ncmn`dtgs thdt Fdthgr @uzzncn hds sggc pdpgrs
whn`h ncmn`dtg thdt Wc`bg Anjjy bgedbby `hdcegm hns cdjg. ]hg spgbbnce nc thg
rg`orm sggjs to rgdm Adjgs @Ofocg howgvgr thg cotdtnoc wds prokdkby jgdct
to spgbb nt @Dfocg.
WCMD]GM CO]D]NOC NC WC@BG ANJJ^P 4>;4KDY]NPJDB [G@O[MNCMN@D]NCE HG BGEDBB^ @HDCEGM HNP CDJG
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]HG KN[]H @G[]NFN@D]G OF J^ E[DCMFD]HG[ CD]DBG @OFOCG
Jy fdthgr fobbowgm sunt wnth thg @D spgbbnce nc thg bdtg 4>89s or gdrby
4>>9s jostby out of frustrdtnoc wnth pgopbg dcm thg eovgrcjgct aust spgbbnce nt
thdt wdy. Howgvgr ds `hnbmrgc jy snstgrs dcm N wgrg tdueht thg @Ofocg spgbbnce.
Ds ncmn`dtgm, gvnmgc`g of thg `orrg`t spgbbnce `dc kg foucm oc Erdcmpds
knrth `grtnfn`dtg. ]hg mo`ujgct ncmn`dtgs thdt hg wds korc oc Mg`gjkgr 44, 4888
to pdrgcts Vnc`gczo dcm ]grgsd (cgg Fdkkrn`dtorg) @Ofocg. Erdcmpd's mgdth
`grtnfn`dtg ncmn`dtgs Mg`gjkgr ;;, 4>66 ds thg mdtg of mgdth dcm thg spgbbnce
thgrg ns @Dfocg. ]hg sour`g of
thns spgbbnce ns trd`gm to Wc`bg
Anjjy who wds mnrg`tby
ncvobvgm nc Erdcmpds fucgrdb
drrdcegjgcts.
Kgyocm Erdcmpds knrth
`grtnfn`dtg N dbso hdvg d `opyof Erdcmpds fdthgr's knrth
`grtnfn`dtg thdt `bgdrby shows
thg spgbbnce ds @Ofocg. ]hg
mo`ujgct ncmn`dtgs thdt
Vnc`gczo @Ofocg, who wds
korc oc Fgkrudry ;=, 4876,
(Wc`bg Anjjy wds bnlgby
cdjgm dftgr hns erdcmfdthgr),
wds thg soc of Bunen @Ofocg
(jy fdthgr wds prokdkby cdjg dftgr hns ergdt erdcmfdthgr) dcm Jdrnd (cgg
@os`hnecdco). (Duct Jdry jdy hdvg kggc cdjgm dftgr hgr pdtgrcdb
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ergdt erdcmjothgr). Ds dc nctgrgstnce snmgkdr you wnbb bgdrc nc d bdtgr `hdptgr thdt
dmmrgssgs Erdcmpdsdc`gstors, ns thdt hns Erdcmjothgr Jdrnds bdst cdjg wds
cot @os`hnecdco ds ncmn`dtgm oc thg Vnc`gczos knrth `grtnfn`dtg. Unth gd`h
prg`gmnce egcgrdtnoc thg spgbbnce of thg fdjnby cdjg dppgdrs nc thg Ntdbndc
rg`orms ds @Ofocg.
Erdcmpd's knrth `grtnfn`dtg ncmn`dtgs hns jothgr ]grgsd (Duct ]gssng wds
prokdkby cdjgm dftgr hgr erdcmjothgr) wds korc to Fnbnppo Fdkkrn`dtorg dcm
Bunsd (cgg Nctrngrn) oc Pgptgjkgr 4, 4876. Jorg oc fdjnbndb bncgs wnbb fobbow nc dc
gcsunce `hdptgr.
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]HG PP NCMNDCD NP ]HG PHNY ]HD] K[OWEH] CD]DBG
@OFOCG ]O ]HG WCN]GM P]D]GP NC 4>96.
]hg d``ouct of Erdcmpd dcm Erdcmjds njjnerdtnoc to thg Wcntgm Ptdtgs
ns edrcgrgm jostby froj njjnerdtnoc rg`orms. ]hgy drrnvgm murnce d pgrnom thdt
bgdm up to thg hneh ponct ofNtdbndc njjnerdtnoc to thg Wcntgm Ptdtgs whn`h,
d``ormnce to Unlnpgmnd, rgd`hgm nts pgdl nc thg 4>49s. Nt ns `bdnjgm thdt ovgr two
jnbbnoc Ntdbndcs njjnerdtgm nc thg gdrby twgctngth `gctury dbocg. [g`orms ncmn`dtg
thdt d totdb of 7.0 jnbbnoc Ntdbndcs njjnerdtgm to thg W.P. kgtwggc 4889 dcm 4>;9.
]wo of thosg jnbbnocs of Ntdbndc njjnerdcts wgrg our erdcmpdrgcts.
Cdtdbg @ofocg
]hg PP Ncmndcd ns thg shnp thdt `drrngm Erdcmpd @ofocg froj thg port of
Cdpbgs dcm @djpdcnd, Ntdby to Gbbns Nsbdcm. ]hg trnp tool 48 mdys. ]hg shnp
mgpdrtgm oc Jdr`h ;6, 4>96 dcm ns lcowc to hdvg drrnvgm oc Dprnb 4;, 4>96. ]hg
sour`g of thns fd`tudb ncforjdtnoc ns thg pdssgcegr bnst dbso lcowc ds thg shnps
jdcnfgst. Nt ns foucm oc thg Gbbns Nsbdcm wgk sntg.
D``ormnce to nctgrcgt sour`gs, `octrdry to popubdr kgbngf, W.P. `ustojs
offn`ndbs mnm cot `rgdtg shnp
pdssgcegr bnsts. Phnp jdcnfgsts
wgrg `ojpbgtgm ky stgdjshnp
`ojpdcngs, egcgrdbby dt thg
ponct of mgpdrturg. ]hgsg
pdssgcegr jdcnfgsts wgrg
thgc sukjnttgm to thg
njjnerdtnoc offn`ndbs upoc
drrnvdb nc thg Wcntgm Ptdtgs.
W.P. njjnerdtnoc offn`ndbs wgrg
lcowc to dmm rgjdrls, cotgs or oksgrvdtnocs to thgsg shnp pdssgcegr bnsts, koth
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dt thg tnjg of drrnvdb or jdcy ygdrs bdtgr. ]hgsg dccotdtnocs jdy hdvg kggc
jdmg to `orrg`t or gxpbdnc `grtdnc ncforjdtnoc or to rgfgrgc`g othgr njportdct
mo`ujgcts.
D sgdr`h of thg Djgrn`dc Fdjnby Hnstory Njjnerdtnoc @gctgr mdtdkdsg dt
Gbbns Nsbdcm ncmn`dtgs thdt fnvg jgc ky thg cdjg of Cdtdbg @ofocg bdcmgm nc Gbbns
Nsbdcm ovgr thg `oursg of sgvgrdb ygdrs. Nt tool d bnttbg knt of jdth dcm sojg
mgmu`tnvg dcdbysns to mgtgrjncg froj thg eroup of fnvg `dcmnmdtgs whn`h ocg wds
bnlgby our Erdcmfdthgr. ]hrgg of thg fnvg wgrg njjgmndtgby cgedtgm ds d
possnknbnty kg`dusg thgy hdm cot ornencdtgm froj D`rn, Erdcmpds hojg rgenoc.
Ocg of thg Cdtdbg @ofocgs froj D`rnwds ;= whgc hg drrnvgm nc 4>40.
Dbthoueh hg woubm hdvg kggc korc nc 4888, thg sdjg ygdr ds Erdcmpd, hg wds
eonce to vnsnt d krothgr Bunen nc Kroolbyc dcm hg hdm d wnfg cdjgm Dctocgttd. ]hns
`bgdrby wds cot Erdcmpd ds hg hdm co krothgr ky thg cdjg of Bunen dcm wds cot
jdrrngm prnor to hns njjnerdtnoc.
]hg Cdtdbg @ofocg thdt drrnvgm oc Dprnb 4;, 4>96 wds 48 ygdrs obm dcm
sncebg. Nf wg suktrd`t 48 ygdrs froj thg 4>96 drrnvdb ygdr wg fncm thdt thns Cdtdbg
@ofocg woubm hdvg kggc korc nc 4888 whn`h `orrgspocms wnth Erdcmpds lcowc
ygdr of knrth. Nc othgr worms, Erdcmpd woubm hdvg kggc 48 nc Dprnb of 4>96.
]hg 4>96 Cdtdbg @ofocg dbso `orrgspocms to dcothgr nctgrgstnceoksgrvdtnoc. Pnc`g our Erdcmpdrgcts `gbgkrdtgm thgnr 79th wgmmnce dccnvgrsdry
nc 4>7>, wg lcow thdt thgy wgrg jdrrngm nc 4>9>. Dcm ncmggm thns ns gvnmgc`gm
ky thgnr jdrrndeg `grtnfn`dtg whn`h wnbb kg prgsgctgm nc d bdtgr `hdptgr. ]hns fd`t
dbocg `bgdrby sueegsts thdt koth of thgj drrnvgm nc thg Wcntgm Ptdtgs gnthgr murnce
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or prnor to thdt ygdr. ]hgrgforg N kgbngvg wnth d rgdsocdkby mgergg of `grtdncty
thdt thg Dprnb 4;th 4>96 Cdtdbg @ofocg wds our erdcmfdthgr.
]hg PP Ncmndcd, whn`h ns thg shnp thdt kroueht our erdcmfdthgr to Djgrn`d,
wds kunbt nc 4>97 for thg shnppnce bncg Bboym Ntdbndco. Nt sdnbgm ucmgr thg Ntdbndc
fbde dcm wds kunbt ky dc Ntdbndc `ojpdcy froj [nvd ]rneoso. Mnjgcsnocdbby thg
shnp wds =>>6 eross tocs, 0=4 fggt boce, =5 fggt wnmg, dcm hdm d top spggm of 4=
lcots. Tuntg sjdbb whgc `ojpdrgm to tomdys jomgrc `runsg shnps. Nt `drrngm
46;7 pdssgcegrs of whn`h, dbb kut ;7 trdvgbgm thnrm `bdss kgtwggc Ntdby dcm Cgw
^orl. ]hg shnp wds sobm sgvgrdb tnjgs dcm gvgctudbby s`rdppgm nc 4>;8.
]hg shnps jdcnfgst, whn`h mo`ujgcts thg cdjgs dcm othgr ncforjdtnoc
rgedrmnce nts pdssgcegrs, ns hdcm wrnttgc nc su`h d stybg thdt nt ns mnffn`ubt to `bgdrby
mns`grc sojg of thg worms. Nc vngwnce thg jdcnfgst wg fncm oc pdeg47 thdt
Erdcmpd wds pdssgcegr ;7> dcm ns bnstgm oc bncg 45. Ug dbso sgg thdt hg wds 48
ygdrs obm dcm sncebg dt thg tnjg of thns voydeg. Hns o``updtnoc ns bnstgm ds
bdkorgr. Nt dbso ncmn`dtgs thdt hg ns cot dkbg to rgdm or wrntg. Nt stdtgs thdt hns
mgstncdtnoc ns Cndctn` [N< howgvgr hg mnm cot hdvg d fncdb tn`lgt to thdt mgstncdtnoc.
]hg jdcnfgst dbso ncmn`dtgs thdt hg drrnvgm nc eoom hgdbth dcm hdm $>.99 nc `dsh
nc hns possgssnoc dcm thdt hg hdm cgvgr kgforg kggc to thg W.P. Nt dbso ncmn`dtgs
thdt hg wds nctgcmnce to vnsnt dc uc`bg, Pdbvdtorg Jorrocg of Kox =4, Cndctn` [N.
JDCNFGP] G C][^ N MGC]NF^NCE CD]D BG @OFOCG.]HGXP NCMN@D]G ]HD] HG UDP HGBM FO[ PYG@NDB NCTWN[^ KW] BD]G[DMJN]]GM .
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]hg Xs thdt dppgdr ovgr thg boe gctrngs pgrtdncnce to Erdcmpd hdvg sojg
snecnfn`dc`g. Egcgrdbby dc "X" to thg fdr bgft of thg pdeg, kgforg or nc thg cdjg
`obujc, snecnfngs thdt thg pdssgcegr wds tgjpordrnby mgtdncgm. Nf you bool to thg
bgft of @ofocg you wnbb sgg d stdjp thdt `octdncs thg worm dmjnttgm. ]hgsg
stdjps wnbb usudbby kg bo`dtgm cgxt to thg cdjg of sojgocg who wds bdtgr to kg
hgbm for Ppg`ndb Ncqunry. Dbso nf wg bool ucmgr sojg othgr koxgs wg sgg thg
hdcmwrnttgc worm Hobmsueegstnce Erdcmpd wds to kg mgtdncgm for sojg
rgdsoc. Cotdtnocs hdm mnffgrgct jgdcnces mgpgcmnce oc thg `obujc nc whn`h
thgsg `ryptn` gctrngs wgrg jdmg.
]hns gvnmgc`g nc thg shnps jdcnfgstbgdms jg to `oc`bumg thdt Erdcmpd
jdy hdvg ncmggm kggc tgjpordrnby mgtdncgm for sojg uclcowc rgdsoc. ]o
`orrokordtg thns suspn`noc wg cggm to bool dt thg gcm of thg shnps jdcnfgst for d
sg`tnoc gctntbgm [g`orm of Dbngcs Hgbm for Ppg`ndb Ncqunry. Nc boolnce dt thg
rg`orm for thg PP Ncmndcd wg fncm thdt ncmgx cujkgr 06 ns d cotdtnoc for Erdcmpd.
Dftgr hns cdjg `ojg two `obujcs whn`h `occg`ts Erdcmpd to hns pdssgcegr bnst
rg`orm. ]hg "Eroup" cujkgr `orrgspocms to thg shnps jdcnfgstpdeg cujkgr
`octdncnce Erdcmpds bnstnce. ]hg cujkgr ("Co.") `obujc `octdncs thg
pdssgcegrsbnst bncg cujkgr wnthnc thg jdcnfgst pdeg. ]hg Bnst of Dbngcs Hgbm
dbso shows thg `dusg of gx`busnoc ucmgr thg hgdmnce "@dusg," dcm envgs thg
cdjg of thg Njjnerdct Ncspg`tor who mg`nmgm thg njjnerdct shoubm hdvg d
hgdrnce. Nc Erdcmpds `dsg thg ncspg`tor wds sojgocg cdjgm Gcebnsh. Ug dbso
sgg thdt thg `dusg of mgtgctnoc ns bnstgm ds BY@.
DCO]HG[ @BWG NC ]HG PHNY'P JDCNFGP] NCMN@D]NCE ]HD] E[DCMYD UDP HGBM FO[ FW[]HG[ NCTWN[^.CO]G ]HG UO[M HOBM.
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]hg jost `ojjoc gx`busnoc wds "BY@" or "Bnlgby Yukbn` @hdreg," tdlgc
froj thg sg`tnoc of bdw whn`h gx`bumgs dcyocg who jneht kg`ojg d kurmgc oc
thg pukbn`. Jdcy BY@ `dsgs wgrg `oupbgm wnth Jgmn`db @grtnfn`dtgs, kg`dusg nt
wds d jgmn`db `ocmntnoc or physn`db mnsdknbnty whn`h `dusgm offn`ndbs to thncl thg
njjnerdct woubm cot kg dkbg to gdrc thgnr owc bnvnce. W.P. Yukbn` Hgdbth Pgrvn`g
offn`ndbs nssugm thg Jgmn`db @grtnfn`dtgs murnce thg njjnerdctsjgmn`db
ncspg`tnoc. Nf wg bool `bosgby dt thg top of thg @dusg `obujc wg sgg
hdcmwrntnce thdt sggjs to sdy Mr @grt Nmnot, bnlgby jgdcnce d mo`tors `grtnfn`dtg
ncmn`dtgs thdt pgrsocs bnstgm hdvg d jgctdb nc`dpd`nty. Nt ns cot `bgdr nf thns
dccotdtnoc dppbngs aust to thg fnrst pgrsoc bnstgm or gvgryocg ncmn`dtgm nc thg
`obujc. D``ormnce to ncforjdtnoc N foucm oc thg Nctgrcgt, dppdrgctby mo`tors sdw
thg njjnerdct fnrst, so nf d jgmn`db `grtnfn`dtg wds nssugm nt woubm kg lcowc to thg
Njjnerdct Ncspg`tor who sdw thg drrnvnce pdssgcegr cgxt. Pojgtnjgs thg fd`t
thdt dc njjnerdct wds hgbm oc thg kdsns of d Jgmn`db @grtnfn`dtg woubm dbso kg
dccotdtgm oc thg pdssgcegr bnst dbthoueh wg mo cot sgg thns nc Erdcmpds `dsg.
[G@O[M OFDBNGCP HGBM FO[ PYG@NDB NCTWN[^ PHOU E[DCMYD BNP]GM DP NCMGX CWJKG[ 06.
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Jost njjnerdcts dppgdrgm dt d krngf hgdrnce dcm wgrg dmjnttgm dftgr
gxpbdncnce thgnr sntudtnoc or promu`nce d rg`gct bgttgr froj d frngcm or rgbdtnvg dt
thgnr mgstncdtnoc. Othgrs jneht cot hdvg thg proof wnth thgj, so thgy woubm wdnt
uctnb sojgocg `djg to tgstnfy nc thgnr kghdbf or sgct d tgbgerdj. Bdtgr (sojgtnjgs
bdtgr thg sdjg mdy), nc d rghgdrnce thg cgw gvnmgc`g woubm kg promu`gm, or thg
mo`tor woubm `grtnfy thg njjnerdct ds `urgm, dcm thg Kodrm woubm dmjnt thg
njjnerdct. ]hg rg`orm ncmn`dtgs thdt Erdcmpd mnm cot rgqunrg d rg-hgdrnce or fdbb
ucmgr d mgportdtnoc gx`busnoc. Erdcmpds hobm wdswnthmrdwc oc Dprnb 4=th dcm
hg gvgctudbby wds dmjnttgm oc Dprnb 46, 4>96 four mdys dftgr hg drrnvgm. Gvgry
mdy murnce thg grd 48>;-4>;=, tgc pgr`gct or jorg of drrnvnce njjnerdcts wgrg
sgct to wdnt for d Kodrm of Ppg`ndb Ncqunry hgdrnce.
]HG PG@OCM YD[] OF [G@O[M OFDBNGCP HGBM FO[ PYG@NDB NCTWN[^ PHOUP ]HD] MD]G DCM ]NJG E[DCMYD UDP DMJN]]GM.]HGBDP] ]H[GG @OBWJCP PHOU ]HG CWJKG[ OF K[GDLFDP]P,BWC@HGP DCM MNCCG[P HG UDP ENVGC.
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[gturcnce to thg ornencdb shnps pdssgcegr bnst for Erdcmpdwg fo`us oc thg
pdrt thdt sdys hg ns hgdmnce to Cndctn` [N wnth $>.99 nc hns po`lgt.
D `bosg-up of thg bdst sg`tnoc shows thdt hg ns nctgcmnce to vnsnt hns uc`bg.
]hg cdjg Pdbvdtorg ns rdthgr gdsy to mnstnceunsh, howgvgr thgrg ns d worm
prg`gmnce dcm fobbownce Pdbvdtorg thdt wgrg d `hdbbgceg to mns`grc.
Uhgc Ntdbndcs of Erdcmpdsgrd wgrg dslgm to nmgctnfy thgjsgbvgs thgy
usgm thgnr bdst cdjgs fnrst. Boolnce dt othgr gctrngs oc thg sdjg jdcnfgst pdeg
wnth snjnbdr bgttgrnce nc worms thdt drg ju`h gdsngr to ucmgrstdcm, wg wgrg dkbg
to mgtgrjncg thdt thg worm, or rdthgr thg cdjg, to thg bgft of Pdbvdtorg ns Jorrocg,
whn`h ns d `ojjoc surcdjg nc D`rn dcm throuehout Ntdby. Wsnce thg sdjg
jgthom wg mns`ovgrgm thdt thg worm dftgr Pdbvdtorg ns Kox =4, ncfgrrnce d post
offn`g kox. Kgdr nc jncm thdt Jorrocg jdy kg d phocgtn` spgbbnce of Pdbvdtorgs
bdst cdjg kdsgm upoc Erdcmpds procuc`ndtnoc to ncspg`tors dt Gbbns Nsbdcm.
Ug hdvg kggc dkbg to `ocfnrj thdt d Pdbvdtorg Jorrocg froj D`rn mnm
gctgr thg W.P. nc Auby of 4>94 dt thg deg of 4>. Nt dppgdrs hg wds eonce to vnsnt d
krothgr Dcegbo nc Cndctn`. Nt rgjdncs to kg sggc nf thns ns thg sdjg pgrsoc bnstgm
oc Erdcmpds shnps jdcnfgstds thg pgrsoc hg wds gcroutg to vnsnt.
FW[]HG[ @OC]NCWD]NOC OF E[DCMYD'P JDCNFGP] GC][^
]HNP KOX OF ]HG JDCNFGP] PHOUP E[DCMYD'P [GYO[]GM MGP]NCD]NOC OF CNDC]N@,[N]O VNPN] DC WC@BGJD[[OCG PDBVD]O[G,D] KOX =4
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Po fdr N hdvg cot kggc dkbg to `bgdrby `ocfnrj whgthgr or cot Erdcmpd hdm
dc uc`bg or dcy rgbdtnvg ky thg cdjg of Pdbvdtorg Jorrocg who bnvgm nc Cndctn`. Nt
`oubm kg thdt Jorrocg wds d frngcm dcm thg njjnerdtnoc degct sojghowjnstdlgcby put nc thg worm uc`bg, cot rgdbby lcownce whdt Erdcmpd wds trynce to
tgbb hnj. Dcothgr possnknbnty ns thdt Jorrocg wds jdrrngm to ocg of Erdcmpds
rgbdtnvgs, thg nmgctnty of whoj wg mo cot lcow. Ds you wnbb bdtgr rgdm, thgrg wds d
Jorrocg nc Erdcmpds dc`gstrdb bncgdeg.
Ocg `dc dbso spg`ubdtg whgthgr or cot Erdcmpd gvgr jdmg thg trnp to
Cndctn`. [g`dbb thdt thg jdcnfgst ncmn`dtgs thdt hg mnm cot hdvg d tn`lgt to hns fncdb
mgstncdtnoc. ]hg boen`db `ouctgr-dreujgct woubm kg thdt ucbnlg tomdy thgrg wds
co jg`hdcnsj to prg-pur`hdsg d trdcsfgr tn`lgt to Cndctn`. D ponct `oubm
rgdsocdkby kg jdmg thdt hg woubm cot hdvg pur`hdsgm thg tn`lgt to Cndctn` uctnb
hns drrnvdb nc thg W.P., thgrgforg jdlnce d trnp to thg mgstncdtnoc d possnknbnty.
Dcothgr mnjgcsnoc to thns story `dc kg ncfgrrgm froj dc nctgrvngw N mnm wnthDuct ]gssng nc 4>>;. Erdcmpd hdm dc uc`bg, Ydsqudbg, hns fdthgrs krothgr, who
bnvgm oc Gbbgc Ptrggt nc thg Dvocmdbg sg`tnoc of Cutbgy. Hg wds rgfgrrgm to ds thg
fnrst Djgrn`dc P`drdjuzzo.Duct ]gssng sdnm thdt Erdcmpds fdthgr tobm hnj thdt
nf hg wds eonce to Djgrn`d hg shoubm kg surg to eo dcm sgg hns krothgr
Ydsqudbg. Phg spg`nfn`dbby usgm thg worms eo dcm sggdcm cot eo dcm stdy
wnth. Ocg `oubm ncfgr froj Duct ]gssngs stdtgjgct thdt Erdcmpd jdy hdvg kggc
oc thg wdy to sojg othgr mgstncdtnoc kut thdt hg shoubm, dt sojg ponct, jdlg
tnjg to vnsnt hns uc`bg. Duct ]gssng dbso sdnm thdt dbthoueh Erdcmpd `djg to thg
W.P. dbocg hg jgt pgopbg hgrg thdt hg dbrgdmy lcgw. Phg cgvgr jgctnocgm who
thosg pgopbg wgrg, whn`h N kgbngvg shg woubm hdvg hdm shg lcowc. Ygrhdps
Pdbvdtorg Jorrocg wds ocg of thgj. Nt jdy dbso kg thdt Erdcmpds uc`bg
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`ocvnc`gm hnj to rgjdnc or dt bgdst rgturc to Dvocmdbg, whn`h `oubm gxpbdnc how
hg `djg to sgttbg nc Cutbgy.
]hgrg ns ygt dcothgr twnst wg `dc dmm to thns story thdt ns purgby
spg`ubdtnoc kut cocg thg bgss nctrneunce to pocmgr. Erdcmpds fdthgr Vnc`gczo
wds rgportgmby korc oc `octrdmd Jorrocg nc D`rn. Ygrhdps Erdcmpd wds trynce to
`ocvgy to njjnerdtnoc duthorntngs thdt hg wds eonce to sgg sojgocg cdjgm
Pdbvdtorg nc Cndctn` thdt hg lcgw froj `octrdmd Jorrocg. Ocg of thg jgdcnces
for thg worm `octrdmd ns thg Gcebnsh worm rodm. Nt ns sojgtnjgs usgm
nctgr`hdcegdkby wnth thg Ntdbndc worm vnd, jgdcnce d strggt. Ygrhdps Erdcmpd
usgm Vnd Jorrocg to mgs`rnkg whgrg hns `octd`t hdm bnvgm ncstgdm of @octrdmdJorrocg. Vnd Jorrocg sojghow eot `ocvobutgm to Qno Jorrocg ky thg
njjnerdtnoc nctgrprgtgr or gctry offn`ndb thgrgky rgsubtnce nc Wc`bg Pdbvdtorg
Jorrocg.
[gedrmnce Jorrocg, wg fncm dc nctgrgstnce snmgkdr dcm d ponct for
spg`ubdtnoc provnmgm nc thg 4>;5 Cutbgy mnrg`tory. Dppdrgctby d fdjnby cdjgm
Jdrocn bnvgm dt 48 [ojd Ptrggt nc Cutbgy, whn`h of `oursg ns bo`dtgm nc thg
Dvocmdbg sg`tnoc. Dednc, thns bnstnce jdy kg d phocgtn` spgbbnce. Ug aust moct
lcow for surg. Uhgthgr thg Jdrocns wgrg bnvnce nc Dvocmdbg nc 4>96 or jnerdtgm
bdtgr froj gbsgwhgrg ns dbso cot lcowc. Dcm ucfortucdtgby wg `dccot dt thns tnjg
jdlg dcy mnrg`t `occg`tnoc kgtwggc Pdbvdtorg Jorrocg dcm thg Jdrocns who
bnvgm oc [ojd Ptrggt. Howgvgr, whgc procouc`gm nc Ntdbndc, koth cdjgs soucm
vgry snjnbdr. ]hg gstdkbnshjgct of d `occg`tnoc jdy kg dc nctgrgstnce pursunt for
sojg futurg rgsgdr`hgr.
Duct [osng @dfocg hds tobm jg thdt our fdjnby hdm rgbdtnvgs nc Cgw
Gcebdcm, pgrhdps ds fdr ds Jdssd`husgtts. Jy jothgr tobm jg shg rg`dbbs
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hgdrnce Erdcmpd sdynce hg hdm dc uc`bg nc thg Ugstgrby, [homg Nsbdcm drgd. Po
nt ns pbdusnkbg thdt hg mnm ncmggm hdvg rgbdtnvgs thdt bnvgm nc [homg Nsbdcm. N hdvg
sojg ncforjdtnoc to sueegst thdt ocg su`h `ousnc wgct ky thg surcdjg of
@ros`hn (procouc`gm row-shlgy). Erdcmpd hdm dcothgr `ousnc Njjd`ubdtd
Ptrdfd`n who bnvgm nc [homg Nsbdcm. Ptrdfd`n wds hgr jdrrndeg cdjg. ]hg ducts
jdy rgjgjkgr hgr dcm hgr soc lcow ds Aucnor who wds d kdrkgr ky trdmg. N
sggj to rg`dbb thdt Aucnor hdm d kdrkgrshop sojgwhgrg cgdr Erotoc,
@occg`tn`ut.
Cndctn` [N mnm ncmggm gxnst. Nt ns dc obm rgenoc thdt eogs kd`l to thg 4699s
dcm `ocsnstgm of thg southgrc `odst of Cgw Gcebdcm froj thg jouth of thg@occg`tn`ut [nvgr gdst to southwgst [homg Nsbdcm nc`bumnce Kbo`l Nsbdcm nc thg
Boce Nsbdcm Poucm. Gdstgrc Cndctn` ns sntudtgm nc southwgst [homg Nsbdcm whn`h
ns thg sdjg rgenoc thdt `octdncs thg towc of Ugstgrby, whn`h ns whgrg Erdcmpd
mnm hdvg rgbdtnvgs. Ds d jdttgr of fd`t N rg`dbb ds d hnbm vnsntnce rgbdtnvgs thgrg. D
`hg`l wnth thg Ugstgrby Yukbn` Bnkrdry rgvgdbs thdt d pdrt of Ugstgrby wds oc`g
lcowc ds Cndctn`. ]hg vnbbdeg thdt ns cow Krdmform wds `dbbgm Cndctn froj
droucm 4>99 to 4>4;.
Dcothgr nctgrgstnce fd`t dkout thg Cndctn` drgd ns thdt nt wds fdjous for nts
erdcntg, jncgm froj qudrrngs nc Krdmform dcm Yottgr Hnbb. Nc othgr worms thg drgd
prgsgctgm dc opportucnty for worl. Tudrrngs wgrg dt thgnr pgdl murnce thg bdst
qudrtgr of thg 4>th `gctury dcm thg fnrst qudrtgr of thg ;9th `gctury. Jdcudb bdkor
wds usgm for mrnbbnce, `uttnce, dcm mrgssnce thg stocg dcm jovnce gqunpjgct. ]hg
worl wds bdkornous, consy, mnrty dcm hdzdrmous. Nt jdy kg Erdcmpd hgdrm thdt
worl wds dvdnbdkbg dcm so sgt hns mgstncdtnoc for thdt drgd of thg `ouctry. Nf
Erdcmpd mnm worl ds d bdkorgr hg bnlgby worlgm 8 to > hours d mdy dt d rdtg of
bgss thdc twgcty `gcts dc hour. Nt jdy dbso kg whogvgr tobm hnj dkout thg worl
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]HG PP KG[BNC NP ]HG PHNY ]HD] K[OWEH] DCEGBNCD
EDK[NGBG ]O ]HG WCN]GM P]D]GP NC 4>9>.
hdm dc uc`bg or rgbdtnvg who bnvgm nc Cndctn` dcm pgrhdps thdt nt whdt Erdcmpd
trngm to `ocvgy to thg duthorntngs dt Gbbns Nsbdcm.
Ug hdvg kggc dkbg to jdlg whdt dppgdrs to kg d `occg`tnoc kgtwggc thg
Jorrocg dcm @ofocg fdjnbngs dkout sgvgc egcgrdtnocs kd`l, howgvgr thg
`occg`tnoc jdy kg tgcuous dt kgst. Ncforjdtnoc `octdncgm nc d bdtgr `hdptgr
ncmn`dtgs thdt Erdcmpd jdy hdvg hdm d pdtgrcdb ergdt-ergdt-ergdt erdcmjothgr
wnth thg surcdjg of Jorrocg. For cow howgvgr, wg `dccot jdlg d supportdkbg
dreujgct thdt Erdcmpd ncmggm hdm dc uc`bg nc Cndctn`.
Vnrtudbby cothnce ns lcowc rgedrmnce Erdcmpds whgrgdkouts kgtwggc hns
drrnvdb nc Dprnb 4>96 dcm jdrrndeg nc Covgjkgr of 4>9>.
Dcegbd Edkrngbg
Our Erdcmjothgr,
Dcegbd Edkrngbg, drrnvgm nc thg
Wcntgm Ptdtgs oc Dueust 0,
4>9> dkodrm thg PP Kgrbnc
sojgtnjg kgtwggc 4179 pj to
=149 pj. ]hg shnp mgpdrtgm thg
port of Cdpbgs oc Auby 4;, 4>9>
dcm drrnvgm dt Gbbns Nsbdcm ;;
mdys bdtgr. Erdcmjd wds 4>
ygdrs obm, sncebg, dcm mnm cotspgdl Gcebnsh. Bncg 4; oc pdeg 664 of thg jdcnfgst ncmn`dtgs thdt shg `djg froj
D`rn, @osgczd Ntdby dcm thdt hgr fdthgrs cdjg wds [dffdgbg. Nt dbso ncmn`dtgs thdt
shg wds 7 fggt tdbb. ]hg jdcnfgst shows thdt shg drrnvgm wnth bgss thdc $;9
mobbdrs, dbthoueh nt mogs cot sdy how ju`h bgss. Nt dbso shows thdt hgr fncdb
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mgstncdtnoc wds Dvocmdbg, Cgw Agrsgy whgrg shg wds eonce to aonc hgr snstgr,
Pdctd. Ds jdcy of you lcow, Dvocmdbg ns d sg`tnoc of Cutbgy.
Nc thg sdjg kox thdt `octdncs Erdcmjds fnrst cdjg ns d sjdbb cotdtnoc
thdt sggjs to ncmn`dtg thdt Erdcmjd ns thg `ousnc of pdssgcegr # ;4. ]hg
pdssgcegr nc row ;4 ns Jdrnd Edkrngbbn d 4>-ygdr-obm fgjdbg who wds trdvgbnce
wnth hgr krothgr Frdc`gs`o deg ;=. ]hg spgbbnce of thg surcdjg nc thg jdcnfgst ns
mnffgrgct thdc thg trug spgbbnce, bnlgby d phocgtn` nctgrprgtdtnoc ky whojgvgr nt
wds who rg`ormgm thg mdtd. Jdrnd dcm Frdc`gs`o wgrg eonce to Dvocmdbg to sgg
thgnr krothgr Jn`hgbg. Jn`hgbg wgct ky thg cn`lcdjg Jn`hgbg g Fossg. Bdtgr hg
woubm bnvg oc Gdst @gctgr Ptrggt nc Cutbgy dbjost mnrg`tby d`ross froj thg hojg
of Duct ]gssng dcm Wc`bg Cdt. ]hg fdthgr of Jdrnd dcm Frdc`gs`o wds ncmn`dtgm
nc thg jdcnfgst ds Pdbvdtorg, who ns kgbngvgm to hdvg kggc d krothgr of
Erdcmjds fdthgr [dffdgbg. Uhdt wg hdvg mns`ovgrgm ns thdt [dffdgbg mnm ncmggm
hdvg dc obmgr krothgr Pdbvdtorg Enusgppg Edkrngbg korc oc Jdr`h 48, 4870. D
possnkbg knrth rg`orm for Jn`hgbg Edkrngbg wds bo`dtgm thdt ncmn`dtgs hg wds korc
JDCNFGP ] O F PPKG[BNC PHOUNCE HGDMG[ DCM E[DCMJD BNP]GM OCBNCG 4;
PG@]NOC OF YDEG ;BNCG 4;OF PHNY'P JDCNFGP] NCMN@D]NCE ]HD] E[DCMJD UDP EONCE ]O VNPN] HG[ PNP]G[ PDC] D N CDVOCMDBG
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oc O`tokgr ;9, 4884 to Pdbvdtorg Edkrngbg dcm Dccd [ntd``o. Pnjnbdrby, d knrth
`ntdtnoc for Frdc`gs`o Edkrngbg korc oc Adcudry ;;, 4887 to thg sdjg pdrgcts
wds dbso bo`dtgm. ]o mdtg co knrth rg`orm for Jdrnd `oubm kg foucm. ]hg gvnmgc`g
thgrgforg sggjs to ponct mnrg`tby to thg fd`t thdt Erdcmjd wds ncmggm trdvgbnce
wnth hgr fnrst `ousncs.
Furthgr `ocfnrjdtnoc `djg to bneht nc d 4>>; nctgrvngw wnth Duct ]gssng.
Murnce d krngf `ocvgrsdtnoc rgedrmnce Erdcmjds njjnerdtnoc to thg W.P. Duct
]gssng dcm jy jothgr rg`dbbgm Erdcmjd sdynce thdt shg hdm `ojg to thg W.P.
wnth sojgocg gbsg, howgvgr thgy `oubm cot rg`dbb who thdt pgrsoc jdy hdvg
kggc. Ug cow hdvg thg gvnmgc`g thdt nt wds Jdrnd dcm Frdc`gs`o. D``ormnce toDuct ]gssng Erdcmjd spgct sojg tnjg bnvnce dt Jn`hgbgs hojg prokdkby
kg`dusg hgr snstgr Pdctd dcm hgr huskdcm hdm eocg to Cdshwdul Jnccgsotd nc
sgdr`h of worl.
]hg jdcnfgst dbso ncmn`dtgs sojg sort of `dbbnce or o``updtnoc for
Erdcmjd. ]hg wrntnce ns mnffn`ubt to mg`nphgr. Nt dppgdrs to ncmn`dtg fdrjbdk, wnth
thg bdttgr pdrt kgnce pgrhdps dc dkkrgvndtnoc for bdkorgr.
Ydeg ; of thg jdcnfgst ncmn`dtgs thdt Erdcmjd mnm cot possgss d tn`lgt to
hgr fncdb mgstncdtnoc. Nt dbso ncmn`dtgm thdt hgr fdthgr pdnm hgr pdssdeg dcm thdt
shg hdm cgvgr kgforg kggc to thg Wcntgm Ptdtgs. ]hg rg`orm dbso ncmn`dtgs thdt
shg wds 7 fggt tdbb nc nc eoom hgdbth dcm cot d `rnppbg. Nt ncmn`dtgs d pbd`g of knrth
of @osgczd, D`rn.
D. E. Ugsgr Phnpkunbmgrs, Krgjgc, Egrjdcy, kunbt thg PP Kgrbnc nc 4>9>.
Nt wgnehgm 45,0;0 eross tocs< nts mnjgcsnocs wgrg 640 (kp) fggt boce dcm 6> fggt
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wnmg. Ptgdj qudmrupbg gxpdcsnoc gcencgs, wnth twnc s`rgws, powgrgm nt. ]hg
shnps sgrvn`g spggm wds 46 lcots.Nt `drrngm 0,;4; pdssgcegrs of whoj ;66
wgrg nc fnrst `bdss, ;=6-sg`ocm `bdss, dcm ;,599 nc thnrm `bdss. ^ou `dc kg surg
thdt Erdcmjd sdnbgm ds ocg of thg pdssgcegrs nc thg bdttgr `dtgeory.
]hg shnp wds kunbt for Corth Egrjdc Bboym, dcm sdnbgm ucmgr thg Egrjdc
fbde nc 4>9> dcm cdjgm Kgrbnc. ]hg bncg provnmgm Krgjgrhdvgc-Cgw ^orl dcm
Jgmntgrrdcgdc-Cgw ^orl sgrvn`g. ]rdcsfgrrgm to Uhntg Ptdr dcm Mojncnoc
Bncgs, nc 4>;9, thg shnp wds rgcdjgm Drdkn`. Nt `octncugm to provnmg ]rdcs-
Dtbdctn` sgrvn`g. ]hg shnp wds fncdbby krolgc up nc Ntdby nc 4>04.
Ug cow hdvg d sgcsg of how nt wds thdt our Erdcmpdrgcts `djg to thg
Wcntgm Ptdtgs dcm nc pdrtn`ubdr, Dvocmdbg. Ds ncmn`dtgm, Erdcmjd hdm d snstgr
Pdctd who wds dbrgdmy hgrg. Nt kgbngvgm shg jdy hdvg rgsnmgm dt 4= Hujkgrt
Ptrggt. Froj ncforjdtnoc provnmgm ky @hrnstncd Pdppornto, Pdctd sgct jocgy
hojg to hgr fdthgr who wds kgbngvgm to usg thg jocgy to pur`hdsg sojg
propgrty. Nt ns bnlgby thdt sojg of thg jocgy wds usgm to suksnmnzg Erdcmjds trnp
to Djgrn`d.
Ds fdr ds wg lcow Erdcmpds uc`bg Ydsqudbg @ofocg, lcowc ds obm jdc
P`drdjuzzo, wds bnvnce nc Cutbgy prnor to Erdcmpds drrnvdb thgrg. Froj d
prgvnousby mns`ussgm hypothgsns nt jdy kg thdt Dvocmdbg wds cot Erdcmpds
ornencdb mgstncdtnoc. Ds ncmn`dtgm dkovg hg jdy dbso hdvg hdm othgr rgbdtnvgs
bnvnce nc othgr pdrts of thg `ouctry ds wgbb. Hg gvgctudbby vnsntgm hns uc`bgYdsqudbg dcm pgrhdps nt wds hg who `ocvnc`gm Erdcmpd to rgjdnc nc Dvocmdbg.
Nt jdy hdvg kggc thdt thg prospg`t for worl wds kgttgr nc CA dcm so hg
rgjdncgm. Dt thg tnjg qudrrngs gxnstgm nc thg Dvocmdbg sg`tnoc of Cutbgy dcm so
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Erdcmpd jdy hdvg foucm worl thgrg. Ug lcow thdt Erdcmpd hdm snkbnces who
njjnerdtgm to thg W.P. kut ocby dftgr hns drrnvdb.
Uhnbg wg jdy cot lcow thg prg`nsg rgdsoc why our Erdcmpdrgcts `djg
to Djgrn`d, nt ns vgry bnlgby nt wds to gs`dpg thg dkag`t povgrty thdt gxnstgm nc thg
`ouctrysnmg whgrg thgy bnvgm. Bnlg jnbbnocs of othgr youce njjnerdcts, thgy `djg
to fncm d kgttgr bnfg dcm nc so monce, thgy provnmgm d bnfg for us. Unthout thg
`ourdegous fgdt of bgdvnce kghncm dbb thgy lcgw dcm rnsl thg vgcturg ncto thg cgw
bdcm, your pdrgcts woubm cgvgr hdvg jgt dcm you woubm cot kg rgdmnce thns cow.
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@hdptgr 0]hg Jdrrndeg of Cdtdbg & Dcegbd
Nt ns ncfgrrgm froj dc drtn`bg thdt dppgdrgm nc thg Cutbgy Puc cgwspdpgr oc
]ugsmdy, Covgjkgr ;=, 4>7> thdt Erdcmjd dcm Erdcmpd wgrg jdrrngm oc
Covgjkgr ;;, 4>9>. Dt thg tnjg Erdcmjd dcm Erdcmpd woubm hdvg kggc ;9 dcm
;4 ygdrs obm rgspg`tnvgby. Nt wds kgbngvgm thdt thg jocth dcm mdy of thg 79th
Dccnvgrsdry pdrty `onc`nmgm wnth thg jocth dcm mdy of thg d`tudb jdrrndeg, dcm
so for jdcy ygdrs thg fdjnby kgbngvgm thdt thg dccnvgrsdry mdtg wds Covgjkgr
;;. Ds pdrt of thg rgsgdr`h ncto thg fdjnby hnstory Hoby Fdjnby @hur`h nc Cutbgy
wds `octd`tgm. ]hg `hur`h provnmgm d `opy of Erdcmjd dcm Erdcmpdsjdrrndeg
rg`orm, whn`h ns nc`bumgm kgbow. ]hg rg`orm shows thdt our Erdcmpdrgcts wgrg
d`tudbby jdrrngm oc Covgjkgr ;9, 4>9>, whn`h wds d Pdturmdy.
]hg mo`ujgct ncmn`dtgs thdt thg kgst jdc dcm jdnm of hocor wgrg
Vnc`gczo ]grrdcovd dcm Frdc`gs`d Pnjocg, rgspg`tnvgby. D pdrnsh prngst cdjgm
Fdthgr D. MgPdctobo offn`ndtgm dt thg `grgjocy. Nt ns nctgrgstnce to cotg thg
spgbbnce of thgnr bdst cdjgs. Ds `dc kg sggc Erdcmpds bdst cdjg ns spgbbgm wnth
thg @O mgrnvdtnvg. ]hgrg ns d sbnehtby nc`orrg`t spgbbnce for Erdcmjd bdst cdjg
JD[[N DEG [G@O[M OF CD]DBG @OFOCG DCMDCEGBD EDK[NGBD F [OJ HOB^ FDJN B^ @HW[@H NC CW]BG^.
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ncmn`dtnce Edkrngbd ncstgdm of Edkrngbg. ]hns nbbustrdtgs how dbtgrcdtnvg spgbbnces
of cdjgs `dc o``ur.
]hg wgmmnce tool pbd`g dftgr d short `ourtshnp. Erdcmjd hdm ocby drrnvgm
nc thg Wcntgm Ptdtgs nc Dueust of 4>9> dcm d``ormnce to stgdj shnp rg`orms, wds
bnvnce nc Dvocmdbg wnth gnthgr hgr snstgr Pdctd or wnth hgr `ousnc Jn`hgbg oc Gdst
@gctrg Ptrggt.
Ug rgdbby moct lcow gxd`tby how our erdcmpdrgcts jgt, kut ocg story
provnmgm ky Duct ]gssng ns thdt Erdcmpd wds dbrgdmy bnvnce nc thg Wcntgm Ptdtgsdcm jgt Erdcmjd nc Cutbgy. Erdcmjd wds bnvnce wnth hgr `ousnc Jn`hgbg g
Fossg (Edkrngbg) oc Gdst @gctrgPtrggt nc Cutbgy. Erdcmpd gvnmgctby wds d
frngcm of Jn`hgbg. Uhgc thgy fnrst jgt Erdcmjd mnm cot wdct to eo out wnth
Erdcmpd. Duct ]gssng rgbdygm thdt Erdcmjds worms to hgr `ousnc wgrg N moct
wdct thns P`drdjuzzo! Mo you thncl N `djg ovgr hgrg to jdrry hnj? Dednc
d``ormnce to d``oucts provnmgm ky Duct ]gssng, Jn`hgbg wds hgdrm to rgpby, ^ou
thncl you drg kgttgr thdc hnj? Hgs d eoom jdc. Jn`hgbg gvnmgctby `ocvnc`gm
hgr to eo wnth Erdcmpd, who wg drg bgm to kgbngvg wds rgdbby gcdjorgm wnth
Erdcmjd.
Nctgrgstnceby, wnthnc four jocths of hgr drrnvdb hgrg nc thg Wcntgm Ptdtgs
Erdcmjd eot jdrrngm. ]hg `grgjocy tool pbd`g sojgwhgrg nc Hoby Fdjnby
pdrnsh. Our Erdcmpdrgcts wgrg ocg of thg fnrst to kg jdrrngm nc thg cgwby forjgm
pdrnsh. Hnstorn`db d``oucts of thg pdrnsh ncmn`dtg thdt nt kgedc sojgtnjg nc 4>9>
djoce d `obbg`tnoc of poor Ntdbndc njjnerdcts. ]hg [gvgrgcm Fdthgr Dbfocso Mg
Pdctobo, thg sdjg prngst who jdrrngm our Erdcmpdrgcts, dcm who hdm worlgm nc
Ydtgrsoc dcm Bycmhurst, stdrtgm pdro`hndb worl djoce thg Ntdbndcs nc thg
Kgbbgvnbbg-Cutbgy drgd. Pgvgrdb ygdrs gbdpsgm kgforg thg fnrst `hur`h wds kunbt. Nc
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HOB^ FDJN B^ @HW[@H DP N] DYYGD[GM @N[@D 4>47.N] HDM KGGCBOCE KGBNGVGM ]HD] OW[ E[DCMYD[GC]P UG[G JD[[NGM NC ]HNP
@HW[@H.
447HD[[N POC P][GG] CW]BG^ FO[JG[ PN]G OF HOB^FDJN B^ @HW[@H ]HNP NP HOU ]HG KWNBMNCE DYYGD[GM NCMG@GJKG[ OF ;990
thg nctgrnj jdssgs wgrg offgrgm dt fnrst nc prnvdtg hojgs nc thg drgd. D``ormnce to
hnstorn`db d``oucts for sgvgrdb jocths Fdthgr Mg Pdctobo offgrgm Jdss nc thg
hojgs of Jn`hdgb Ptgfdcgbbn dt Ydssdn` Dvgcug dcm Jnt`hgbb Ptrggt nc Kgbbgvnbbg
dcm @nrnd`o Adccdrocg dt 4=
Hdrrnsoc Ptrggt, Cutbgy. Nt hds
kggc rgportgm thdt Fdthgr Mg
Pdctobd wds dssnstgm ky thg
bdtg Mojncn`l @n``ocg nc
rdnsnce fucms to `ocstru`t thg
fnrst `hur`h. ]hg fnrst
pgrjdcgct @hur`h stru`turg
wds kunbt oc d 09 ky 499 foot
pbot dt 447 Hdrrnsoc Ptrggt,
Cutbgy. D frdjg kunbmnce, nt
jgdsurgm ;9 ky 79 fggt dcm
sgdtgm pgrhdps 4=9 pgrsocs.
Nts `orcgrstocg wds bdnm ky
Fdthgr Adjgs Y. Pjnth of Pt.
Ygtgrs nc Kgbbgvnbbg nc 4>44.Dc
dmaoncnce rg`tory wds kunbt
dkout 4>47.
@octrdry to d boce hgbm kgbngf, nt dppgdrs thdt our Erdcmpdrgcts wgrg cot
jdrrngm nc thg d`tudb Hdrrnsoc Dvgcug `hur`h whn`h wds kunbt dkout two ygdrs
dftgr thgy wgrg jdrrngm. Jorg bnlgby thg `grgjocy tool pbd`g pgrhdps nc d
tgjpordry `hur`h stru`turg or thg hojg of ocg of thg pdrnshnocgrs ncmn`dtgm
dkovg. Ntdbndc njjnerdcts froj dbb ovgr Cutbgy usgm Hoby Fdjnby @hur`h for thgnr
rgbnenous `grgjocngs ds nt wds `ocsnmgrgm dc Ntdbndc @hur`h.
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]HG UD^ ]HG^ D@]WDBB^ BOOLGM NC 4>7>D] ]HGN[ 79]H
DCCNVG[PD[^.OW[ E[DCMJD NP 59DCM E[DCMYD NPCGD[B^ 54^GD[P OBM NC ]HNP YHO]O.
CGUPYDYG[ D[]N@BGP DCCOWC@NCE ]HG 79]H
UGMMNCE DCCNVG[PD[^. OCG OF ]HGPG DYYGD[GM
NC ]HG CW]BG^ PWC OC ]WGPMD^ COVGJKG[ ;=,
4>7>. N] NP WCLCOUC NC UHN@H O]HG[ YDYG[ ]HG
D[]N@BG DBPO DYYGD[GM.
[gjcdcts of thg obm `hur`h
`dc stnbb kg sggc. Nt ns uclcowc gxd`tby
whgc, kut thg `hur`h propgrty wds
sobm dcm `ocvgrtgm to d prnvdtg
rgsnmgc`g. ]hg jomgrc mdy photo of
thg propgrty shows thdt thg gxtgrcdb
stru`turg of thg `hur`h ns cgdrby ds nt
wds nc 4>9> wnth thg gx`gptnoc of thg
jnssnce stggpbg.
]hgrg wds rgportgmby d fnrgthdt gceubfgm dt bgdst pdrt of thg
`hur`h. Howgvgr thg mdtg of thg fnrg
rgjdncs uclcowc dt thns wrntnce.
]hg cgwspdpgr drtn`bg
dccouc`nce thgnr 79th wgmmnce
dccnvgrsdry, whn`h wds kdsgm oc
ncforjdtnoc provnmgm ky Duct Jdry,
ncmn`dtgs thdt Erdcmpd dcm
Erdcmjd bnvgm oc Gbbgc Ptrggt nc
Cutbgy for dpproxnjdtgby 47 ygdrs
kgforg jovnce to Bycmhurst. Ug cow
lcow thdt thgy pur`hdsgm thg Cutbgy
hojg nc 4>;4 dcm fobbownce d fnrg,
pur`hdsgm dcm jovgm to thg
Bycmhurst housg nc 4>;6.
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]hg photo thdt dppgdrs nc thg cgwspdpgr drtn`bg ns cot froj thgnr 79th
dccnvgrsdry `gbgkrdtnoc. Nc dbb bnlgbnhoom thg photoerdph wds prokdkby tdlgc dt
thg wgmmnce of ocg of thgnr `hnbmrgc, prgsujdkby Duct Fborng nc O`tokgr of 4>=>.
Nf thns ncmggm wgrg trug, Erdcmjd dcm Erdcmpd woubm kg 64 dcm 69 ygdrs obm
rgspg`tnvgby whgc thg photoerdph wds tdlgc.
D``ormnce to thg drtn`bg Erdcmpd worlgm for jdcy ygdrs dt Djgrn`dc
@hdnc dcm @dkbg @ojpdcy nc Cgwdrl, Cgw Agrsgy. ]hg `ojpdcy d`tudbby kgedc
nc 4>06 dftgr dc d`qunsntnoc of thg Djgrn`dc @dkbg @ojpdcy of Cgwdrl ky
Djgrn`dc @hdnc, d `ojpdcy whn`h stdrtgm nc dkout 4>45. Djgrn`dc @hdnc dcm
@dkbg hdm dmvgrtnsgm cdtnocdbby thdt nt wds thg bdregst jdcufd`turgr of `hdnc ncthg worbm. Uhnbg wg mo cot lcow thg murdtnoc of hns gjpboyjgct, 4>=9 @gcsus
rg`orms ncmn`dtg thdt Erdcmpd wds worlnce for d `dkbg `ojpdcy dt thg tnjg ds d
adcntor. ]hns `orrgspocms wnth ncforjdtnoc provnmgm ky fdjnby sour`gs thdt
ncmn`dtgm thdt Erdcmpd wds d portgr for Djgrn`dc @hdnc dcm @dkbg. Nt wds sdnm
thdt hg woubm worl sgvgc mdys d wggl dcm hobnmdys, wdblnce froj thg ]hojds
Dvgcug housg to Aduc`gy Dvg nc Corth Drbncetoc whgrg hg woubm tdlg d kus ncto
Cgwdrl.
]hg dccnvgrsdry drtn`bg cgvgr ncmn`dtgm Erdcmpds gjpboyjgct prnor to
Djgrn`dc @hdnc. Froj thg 4>09 @gcsus bnstnce for thg fdjnby nt ncmn`dtgs thdt
Erdcmpd wds d hgbpgr oc whdt dppgdrs to kg thg [dnb [odm. Dednc, wg mo cot
lcow how boce hg wds gjpboygm or for whn`h rdnbrodm hg worlgm.
Fobbownce hns gjpboyjgct wnth Djgrn`dc @hdnc, Erdcmpd worlgm dt Gdst
[nmegbdwc @gjgtgry oc Jdnc Ptrggt nc @bnftoc ds d erdvgmneegr dcm gvgctudbby
rgtnrgm froj thdt aok. Hg wdblgm to dcm froj worl mdnby. ]hg trnp froj Bycmhurst
to @bnftoc wds dpproxnjdtgby 0 jnbgs.
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Gdrby Bnfg
Fobbownce thgnr wgmmnce nt ns cot gxd`tby lcowc whgrg Erdcmpd dcm
Erdcmjd rgsnmgm kut Duct ]gssng kgbngvgm thgy bnvgm sojgwhgrg oc [ojdPtrggt nc Cutbgy. Duct [osng provnmgm dc ncsneht thdt bgdms us to kgbngvg thdt dftgr
thgy wgrg fnrst jdrrngm thgy prokdkby bnvgm wnth rgbdtnvgs sojgwhgrg nc Dvocmdbg.
Ds of ygt N hdvg kggc ucdkbg to mo`ujgct thgnr rgsnmgc`g froj 4>49 @gcsus
rg`orms. ]hns jdy kg mug to thg fd`t thdt thgy jdy hdvg bnlgby kggc oc thg jovg
murnce thg ygdr.
]hg towc of Cutbgy dt thns tnjg wds kgenccnce to erow. Nts popubdtnoc nc
4>49 wds aust ovgr 6999. Dt thg tnjg our Erdcmpdrgcts jdrrngm thg towc hdm
gctgrgm dc grd thdt sdw strggts dcm snmgwdbls kgnce kunbt, thg gxtgcsnoc of wdtgr
jdncs dcm thg jgtgrnce of wdtgr usg, cot to jgctnoc thg `obbg`tnoc of tdxgs dcm
wdtgr knbbs, dcm thg bn`gcsnce of sdboocs, moes dcm pgmmbgrs. Jucn`npdb sgrvn`gs
dcm oredcnzdtnocs su`h ds fnrghousgs, `hur`hgs dcm cgw s`hoobs wgrg dbso
kgnce kunbt.
]hgrg drg co rg`orms or rg`obbg`tnocs ds to how our Erdcmpdrgcts jdmg d
bnvnce nc thgnr gdrby jdrrngm bnfg. Nc dbb bnlgbnhoom Erdcmjd stdygm hojg dcm
tgcmgm to mojgstn` `horgs whnbg Erdcmpd worlgm ds d bdkorgr, possnkby nc thg
cgdrky qudrry.
Off to Ygccsybvdcnd
Pojgtnjg nc 4>49, Erdcmpd dcm Erdcmjd drg kgbngvgm to hdvg trdvgbgm
dpproxnjdtgby =99 jnbgs to thg sjdbb towc of @drcgeng Ygccsybvdcnd, whn`h ns
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bo`dtgm southwgst of Ynttskureh nc Dbbgehgcy @oucty. ]hg cgwbywgms bnlgby
pro`ggmgm to thg @drcgeng drgd vnd rdnbrodm. D trdnc tool thgj froj Cutbgy to
]rgctoc dcm thgc octo Yhnbdmgbphnd dcm furthgr wgst to Ynttskureh. Dcothgr trdnc
froj Ynttskureh tool thgj to thg @drcgeng drgd. ]hg rgdsoc for thg jovg wds
`bgdrby nc pursunt of worl. ]hg ncmustry of jncnce kntujncous `odb ergw d ergdt
mgdb nc thg gdrby twgctngth `gctury. Unth thns erowth `djg thg cggm for jorg
worlgrs jost of whoj wgrg ucslnbbgm dcm who worlgm for `hgdp wdegs.
Erdcmpd `grtdncby woubm fnt ncto thns `dtgeory of worlgr. Uorlgrs `djg froj dbb
ovgr thg `ouctry to worl nc thg jncgs, sgglnce d kgttgr bnfg nc Djgrn`d dcm hopnce
to fncm eoom pdynce aoks.
Nt rgjdncs uclcowc ds to gxd`tby whgc thgy bgft Cutbgy for @drcgeng. Ug
`dc spg`ubdtg thdt pgrhdps nt wds nc thg sprnce or gdrby sujjgr of 4>49.
Erdcmjd bnlgby kg`djg prgecdct nc Dprnb of 4>49 dcm so Erdcmpd, who wds cow
dc gxpg`tdct fdthgr, cggmgm to provnmg for hns cgw fdjnby dcm so hg bnlgby soueht
opportucntngs for sustdncgm gjpboyjgct. Aust how Erdcmpd bgdrcgm dkout thg
jncgs nc thg @drcgeng drgd or why thgy wgct to thns pdrtn`ubdr rgenoc ns cot
prgsgctby lcowc. Bnlgby d rgbdtnvg or frngcm sgct worm kd`l to Dvocmdbg thdt
opportucntngs for worl nc thg jncgs gxnstgm. Uorm prokdkby sprgdm djoce
Erdcmpds `octgjpordrngs dcm so hgdrnce of thg opportucntngs thdt dwdntgm thgj,
off thgy wgct. ]hns thgory sggjs to kg nc derggjgct wnth sojgthnce Duct ]gssng
tobm jg nc 4>>;. Phg sdnm thdt sojgocg tobm our Erdcmpdrgcts thdt worl jneht
kg dvdnbdkbg nc thg @drcgeng drgd. Phg of `oursg hgdrm thns froj ocg or koth of
hgr pdrgcts. Phg `oubm cot offgr dcy furthgr ncsneht ds to who nt jdy hdvg kggc
thdt provnmgm thg ncforjdtnoc.
Duct ]gssngs knrth `grtnfn`dtg ncmn`dtgs thdtshg wds korc nc @drcgeng
Ygccsybvdcnd oc Adcudry 48, 4>44, kut aust whgrg nc @drcgeng rgjdncs d
jystgry. Nc pursunt of thns dcswgr jy wnfg Kdrkdrd dcm N vnsntgm Ynttskureh dcm
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@drcgeng nc Covgjkgr of ;944. Ug stoppgm dt thg Ygccsybvdcnd stdtg vntdb
stdtnstn`s mgpdrtjgct, thg Ynttskureh dr`hmno`gsg, thg @drcgeng Bnkrdry dt
@drcgeng Jgbboc Wcnvgrsnty dcm thg @drcgeng hnstorn`db so`ngty nc thg hopg of
fncmnce thg hojg whgrg our Erdcmpdrgcts bnvgm.
Uhdt wg mns`ovgrgm ns thdt thg fdjnby vgry bnlgby mnm cot bnvg nc @drcgeng
propgr kut rdthgr ocg of thg jdcy sjdbb sgttbgjgcts thdt wgrg kunbt ky `odb
`ojpdcngs lcowc ds pdt`h towcs or `odb pdt`hgs. ]o egt d sgcsg of whdt nt
just hdvg kggc bnlg bnvnce nc d `odb pdt`h N vnsntgm thg GxpborgYDhnstory.`oj wgk
sntg. Uhdt N foucm wds thdt cot ocby mnm thg `ojpdcngs kunbm thg jncg dcm dbb of
nts kunbmnces, kut thgy kunbt thg `ojpdcy storg whgrg dbb thg jncgrs dcm fdjnbngs
`oubm kuy thgnr suppbngs, oftgc usnce d systgj lcowc ds `ojpdcy "s`rnp" whn`h
snjpby jgdct thdt thg `ost of dcy `ojjomntngs wgrg mgmu`tgm froj thgnr
;944@OY^ OF KN[]H @G[]NFN@D]G OFDWC] ]GPPNG
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pdy`hg`ls. ]hg `ojpdcy kunbt thg worlgrshousgs dcm thgc rgctgm thgj to thg
jncgr fdjnbngs whnbg thgy worlgm nc thg jncg. Pojgtnjgs thg `ojpdcy woubm
dbso kunbm d `hur`h, d s`hoob, dcm possnkby d post offn`g. Nc thgsg pdt`hgs thg
jncgrs bnvgm, oftgc sgttbnce dboce gthcn` bncgs ncto cgnehkorhooms.
Pojg `ojpdcngs kunbt poor qudbnty housgs for thg jncgrs. For gxdjpbg thg
roofs bgdlgm, wncm `djg throueh wdbbs wnth co pbdstgr, gt`. ]hg housgs wgrg
mgsnecgm to kg kunbt qun`lby. Nc ormgr for thg housgs to kg kunbt qun`lby, thg
`ojpdcy usudbby kunbt thg sdjg typg of housg, so dbb thg housgs boolgm thg
sdjg. Pgvgrdb mgsnecs wgrg usgm nc vdrnous pdt`h towcssu`h ds row housgs,
whn`h wgrg `hgdp to kunbm snc`g thgy shdrgm wdbbs, dcm dbso two-story moukbghousgs. ]hgy wgrg `dbbgm moukbg housgs kg`dusg nt wds ocg kunbmnce, kut
mnvnmgm ncto two sgpdrdtg housgs ncsnmg whn`h `oubm hobm ocg fdjnby oc gd`h snmg
of thg housg. ]hgsg moukbg housgs woubm hdvg = to 6 roojs pgr snmg. Kghncm thg
housgs woubm kg thg moukbg outhousg. Oftgc fdjnbngs woubm tdlg nc kodrmgrs to
krnce nc jorg jocgy. ]hgsg kodrmgrs pdnm for d pbd`g to bnvg, jgdbs, dcm bducmry
mocg. Dt tnjgs thgrg woubm kg two fdjnbngs oc ocg snmg, pbus sncebg jncg
kodrmgrs, jdlnce 47 to ;9 pgopbg bnvnce nc ocg sjdbb housg. ]hg housgs wgrg
vgry snjpbg nc thgnr furcnshnces dcm prnjntnvg nc fuc`tnocthgy mnm cot hdvg
ruccnce wdtgr or gbg`trn`nty. Ds ncmn`dtgm thg jncgrs pdnm thg `ojpdcy rgct for
thgsg housgs. ]hg `ojpdcngs `oubm gvn`t jncgrs nf thgy aoncgm d strnlg or spolg
out dedncst thg `ojpdcy. Dboce wnth thg rgctdb of thg housg, thg fdjnbngs usudbby
dbso rg`gnvgm d sjdbb png`g of bdcm upoc whn`h thgy `oubm erow vgegtdkbgs. Cot
lcownce thg jncg whgrg Erdcmpd worlgm, wg `dccot mgtgrjncg whdt typg of
hojg thg fdjnby bnvgm nc or nf thgy hdm kodrmgrs bnvnce wnth thgj, dbthoueh N
`dccot njdencg Erdcmpd rgctnce spd`g ucbgss nt wds sojgocg hg lcgw or
trustgm. Nt jdy dbso kggc possnkbg thdt hg dcm Erdcmjd wgrg kodrmnce wnth
dcothgr fdjnby.
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] YN@DB @ODB YD]@H]OUC.N] NP KGBNGVGM OW[ E[DCMYD[GC]P BNVGM NCPW@H D @OJJWCN]^ NC ]HG @D[CG ENG YDD[GD UHG[GDWC] ]GPPNG UDP
KO[C.
Pdynce thdt bnfg
wds hdrsh for thg
jncgrs dcm thgnr
fdjnbngs jneht kg dc
ucmgrstdtgjgct.
Jncnce wds
gxtrgjgby
mdcegrous. Bnlg
jost `odb jncgrs
Erdcmpd prokdkby
worlgm 49 to 4= hour
mdys dcm gdrcgm
kdrgby gcoueh to
provnmg for d fdjnby. Erdcmjd prokdkby stdrtgm hgr mdys gdrby wnth fnxnce buc`h for
Erdcmpd dcm thgc worlnce hdrm monce thg housgworl, sgwnce, `oolnce,
edrmgcnce, dcm oc`g Duct ]gssng wds korc, `hnbm rgdrnce.
Ocg of thg mnffn`ubtngs nc bo`dtnce thg gxd`t `odb pdt`h whgrg Erdcmjd dcm
Erdcmpd bnvgm dcm Duct ]gssng wds korc ns mug to thg fd`t thdt so jdcy jncgs
gxnstgm dt thg tnjg dcm vgry fgw `odb `ojpdcy gjpboygg rg`orms gxnst
tomdy. Jost `odb `ojpdcy gjpboygg rg`orms hdvg kggc bost or mgstroygm dftgr
thg jncgs wgrg `bosgm. ]hg stdtg jdnctdncs sojg rg`orms, kut egcgrdbby ocby nc
thg `dsg whgrg d jncgr wds lnbbgm or ncaurgm. ]hg bnlgbnhoom of mns`ovgrnce thg
gxd`t jncg or jncgs whgrg Erdcmpd worlgm ns gxtrgjgby rgjotg dcm so
ucfortucdtgby wg wnbb prokdkby cgvgr lcow.
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Cgxt Ptop1 Jnccgsotd
Pojgtnjg sooc dftgr thg knrth of Duct ]gssng thg fdjnby ns kgbngvgm to hdvgrgbo`dtgm to thg drgd of Cdshwdul, Jnccgsotd whn`h wds dkout 4,999 jnbgs froj
@drcgeng. Duct ]gssng rg`dbbgm hgdrnce thdt thg fdjnby jovgm oc kg`dusg worl
hdm kg`ojg s`dr`g.
Ds ncmn`dtgm gdrbngr, nt sggjs thdt Erdcmjds snstgr Pdctd (cgg Edkrngbg)
@hnjgcto jdy hdvg kggc bnvnce nc Cdshwdul dt thg tnjg. Dcothgr possnknbnty
gjgregm whgc nt wds bgdrcgm thdt d `bosg frngcm of Erdcmpd lcowc ds Vnc`gczo
]ncmnbbo @gbn`o, jdy dbso hdvg kggc bnvnce nc thg Cdshwdul drgd dcm jdy hdvg
`octd`tgm Erdcmpd rgedrmnce dvdnbdkbg worl. Ds d jdttgr of fd`t Vnc`gczo
@gbn`o jdy hdvg kggc jorg thdc d `bosg frngcm dcm jdy hdvg ncmggm kggc
Erdcmpds `ousnc. Nc d suksgqugct `hdptgr you wnbb bgdrc thdt Erdcmpds
erdcmjothgr wds Jdrnd @gbn`o.
]hg Nroc [dceg [gsgdr`h @gctgr Cdturdbnzdtnoc [g`orm Ncmgx (N[[@C[)
ncmn`dtgs thdt d Vnc`gczo @gbn`o bnvgm nc Ntds`d @oucty, whn`h ns thg `oucty whgrg
Cdshwdul ns bo`dtgm. Uhgthgr thns ns thg sdjg pgrsoc ds Erdcmpds frngcm ns
uclcowc dt thg prgsgct. Unthout furthgr ncqunry dbb wg mo lcow ns thdt thns
pdrtn`ubdr Vnc`gczo bnvgm thgrg sojgtnjg kgtwggc 487= dcm 4>75 dcm thdt hns
wnfgs cdjg wds Aosgphncd.(Bo`dtnoc1 N]DP@D Ptdtg1 JNCCGPO]D [ggb #1 0
Vob #1 7 @omg #1 5 Ydeg #1 =4=) Dbso mns`ovgrgm nc thg Jnccgsotd Ptdtgwnmg
Mdtdkdsg for Dbngc [genstrdtnocs ucmgr thg N[[@C[ thgrg ns d bnstnce for d Pdcmd
(sn`) @hnjgcto who ns ncmn`dtgm to kg 09 ygdrs obm (@oucty1 Ntds`d @nty1
Cdshwdul Ptdtg1 JNCCGPO]D Deg1 09 [obb #1 5; Frdjg #1 9488) ]hns jdy vgry
wgbb kg thg bnstnce for Erdcmjds krothgr-nc-bdw Pdcto. ]hgsg bgdms jdy kg bgft
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to sojg futurg rgsgdr`hgr to gxpborg furthgr. Froj whdt N `oubm edthgr thns drgd
ns d jncnce rgenoc dcm so Erdcmpd jdy hdvg spgct sojg tnjg worlnce nc d bo`db
nroc org jncg. D``ormnce to thg wgk sntg Njjnerdct jnerdtnocs froj Corthgrc dcm
Pouthgrc Guropg provnmgm thg kubl of thg bdkor cggmgm for ucmgreroucm dcm
opgc pnt jncnce opgrdtnocs. Nt ns cot `bgdr how dkucmdct worl nc thg jncgs wds
murnce our Erdcmpdrgcts tnjg nc Cdshwdul.
D``ormnce to ncforjdtnoc provnmgm ky @rnstncd Pdppornto, Vnc`gczo @gbn`o
just hdvg `ojg to Cutbgy to vnsnt hns krothgr Cdtdbg @gbn`o, who bnvgm
sojgwhgrg cgdr Hoby Fdjnby @hur`h. Vnc`gczo tobm Cdtdbg dkout how mnffn`ubt nt
wds for Erdcmpd dcm Erdcmjd to kg bnvnce nc Jnccgsotd gvnmgctby mug to d bd`lof worl. Cdtdbg prgsujdkby tobm Vnc`gczo to hdvg Erdcmpd rgturc to Cutbgy.
Froj whdt N hdvg hgdrm froj othgr sour`gs nt dppgdrgm thdt thg Jnccgsotd wnctgr
wds too sgvgrg to thgnr bnlnce, dcm so Erdcmjd dcm Erdcmpd bgft.
Nt ns cot `bgdr gxd`tby how boce thgy rgjdncgm nc Jnccgsotd howgvgr nt ns
cot thoueht to kg of dcy snecnfn`dct murdtnoc pgrhdps, bgss thdc d ygdr. D``ormnce
to Duct ]gssng, murnce thgnr stdy nc Cdshwdul Erdcmjd edvg knrth to dcothgr
mduehtgr cdjgm Jdrnd. Nt kgbngvgm thdt shg mngm nc knrth or shortby thgrgdftgr. N
hdvg trngm to mo`ujgct thns fd`t, kut hdvg kggc ucsu``gssfub thus fdr. ]hg
`hur`h nc thg drgd dt thg tnjg hds co rg`orm of d knrth or mgdth for Jdrnd.
Kd`l to Ntdby
Ds ncmn`dtgm, nt wds prokdkby d `ojkncdtnoc of bnttbg worl dcm thg gxtrgjg
`obm wgdthgr thdt projptgm Erdcmpd dcm Erdcmjd sojgtnjg nc bdtg 4>4; or
gdrby 4>40 to mg`nmg thdt thg fdjnby shoubm rgturc to Ntdby dcm so thgy bgft
Jnccgsotd. Nt ns cot gctnrgby `bgdr, kut nt sggjs thgy mnm cot dbb rgturc to Cutbgy
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toegthgr. ]hg ncforjdtnoc sueegsts thdt Erdcmjd dcm Duct ]gssng pro`ggmgm
thg 4,099 jnbgs to Cutbgy dhgdm of Erdcmpd dcm thgc wgct oc mnrg`tby to Ntdby.
Gvnmgctby Erdcmpd sdnm hg wds eonce to rgturc to Ntdby ds wgbb dcm sobm whdt bnttbg
thgy hdm nc Jnccgsotd dcm gvgctudbby fobbowgm to Dvocmdbg. Pgvgrdb d``oucts
pbd`g Duct ]gssngsdeg dt kgtwggc ocg dcm d hdbf dcm two ygdrs obm whgc shg
dcm Erdcmjd mgpdrtgm for Ntdby, whn`h derggs wnth thg gstnjdtgm tnjg frdjg for
thgnr bgdvnce ds sueegstgm dkovg.
For whdtgvgr rgdsoc, Erdcmpd mg`nmgm to rgjdnc nc thg Wcntgm Ptdtgs.
Bnvnce nc Dvocmdbg murnce thns pgrnom of tnjg wgrg Erdcmpd s snstgrs Qnd [osd
dcm Qnd Erdznd. Ug `dc spg`ubdtg thdt hg prokdkby stdygm wnth ocg thgj forsojg tnjg or pgrhdps wnth sojg of hns obm frngcms.
D``ormnce to Duct ]gssng Erdcmjd dcm Duct ]gssng rgturcgm to thg hojg
of Erdcmjds pdrgcts who bnvgm nc d rurdb drgd of D`rn lcowc ds Pgrn`gbbd whn`h
ns dbso rgfgrrgm to nc egcgrdb ds @hn bd kdcd Ju`ocg. Nt ns kgbngvgm thgy dbso
vnsntgm Erdcmpds pdrgcts ds wgbb. Gx`gpt for thg tnjg aust prnor to thgnr rgturc to
thg W.P., nt ns kgbngvgm thgy cgvgr rg`gnvgm dcy `ojjucn`dtnocs froj Erdcmpd.
Duct ]gssng tobm thg story thdt shg woubm dsl Erdcmjd why shg hds co
krothgrs dcm snstgrs. Erdcmjd woubm show hgr d jdrl oc hgr lcgg dcm sdy thdt
Erdcmpd hds thg lgy dcm thdt whgc hg gvgctudbby `ojgs thgy wnbb egt thg lgy
dcm Duct ]gssngs wnsh wnbb kg fubfnbbgm. Gvnmgctby Obm Ntdbndc foblborg wds thdt
kdkngs wgrg korc froj thg lcgg.
Duct ]gssng wgct to s`hoob nc Ntdby. Phg woubm sojgtnjgs `ut s`hoob dcm
pucnshjgct woubm kg swnft dcm `grtdnc whn`h jgdct shg woubm egt hnt.
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Gvgctudbby thgy hgdrm froj Erdcmpd, who dftgr kgnce mns`hdregm froj thg
drjy, sgct for Erdcmjd. Froj whdt wg cow lcow Erdcmjd rg`gnvgm sojg sort
of stnpgcm froj thg W.P. eovgrcjgct. Nc hns `ojjucn`dtnoc Erdcmpd ns kgbngvgmto hdvg sdnm thdt hg hdm swgdtkboom for thg jocgy Erdcmjd rg`gnvgm. Hg
`hnmgm hgr wnth worms to thg gffg`t Moct thncl yourg eonce to egt thg `hg`l dcm
spgcm jocgy. Nt ns cot gctnrgby lcowc for how boce Erdcmjd rg`gnvgm
eovgrcjgct fncdc`ndb dssnstdc`g howgvgr nt wds bnlgby murnce thg pgrnom of
Erdcmpds d`tnvg sgrvn`g. Phg gvnmgctby d``rugm suffn`ngct fucms to pdy for hgr
dcm Duct ]gssngs rgturc pdssdeg.
Kd`l to thg WP
[g`orms oktdncgm froj
Gbbns Nsbdcm ncmn`dtg thdt
Erdcmjd dcm Duct ]gssng
rgturcgm to thg Wcntgm Ptdtgs,
dboce wnth Erdcmjds
youcegst snstgr @drjncgbbd, oc
Adcudry ;7, 4>;4. ]hgy
mgpdrtgm Cdpbgs oc Adcudry
4;th of thg sdjg ygdr dkodrm
thg PP Mu`d Mgebn Dkruzzn dcm
bnlg jost poor njjnerdcts trdvgbgm stggrdeg. Nctgrgstnceby dcm nrocn`dbby thg cdjg
of thg shnps `dptdnc wds Enub Pnjocg.
Erdcmjd dcm Duct ]gssng rgturcgm to thg Wcntgm Ptdtgs dftgr cgdrby d >-
ygdr dksgc`g. Erdcmpd hdm kggc out of thg drjy for sgvgrdb ygdrs dcm nt ns cot
]HG MW@D MGEBN DK[WQQN NP ]HG PHNY ]HD] ][DCPYO[]GME[DCMJD DCM DWC] ]GPPNG KD@L ]O ]HG WP DF]G[ CGD[B^ D
>^GD[ DKPGC@G
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lcowc whdt hg mnm to support hnjsgbf nc thg nctgrvgcnce ygdrs or whgrg hg
rgsnmgm. ]hg rg`orms ncmn`dtg thdt thgy drrnvgm nc thg port of Cgw ^orl, whn`h for
njjnerdcts usudbby jgdct Gbbns Nsbdcm. Howgvgr, d``ormnce to Duct ]gssng,
Erdcmpd jgt thgj dt thg kdttgry nc Kroolbyc. Duct ]gssng hdm aust turcgm tgc
whgc thgy rgturcgm dcm wds sojgwhdt `ocfusgm whgc shg sdw Erdcmpd. Phg
thoueht Erdcmpd woubm hdvg kggc hdppngr to sgg Erdcmjd, kut ncstgdm hg
gjkrd`gm Duct ]gssng fnrst dcm wds lnssnce hgr dcm tgbbnce hgr how ju`h hg
jnssgm hgr.
D``ormnce to Duct ]gssng upoc thgnr rgturc thg fdjnby bnvgm oc Hujkgrt
Ptrggt cgxt moor to ocg of Erdcmpds mgdr frngcm @drjncgJdbbdrngbo @hnjgcto,nc whdt hds kg`ojg lcowc ds Yntgbbgs housg.Qn @drjncgbbd dbso bnvgm wnth thgj
dt thns tnjg. Nt ns kgbngvgm thdt thg fdjnby bnvgm nc two roojs nc thg housg thdt wds
owcgm ky Erdcmpds `ujkdrg, Vnc`gczo ]grrdcovd. ^ou wnbb rg`dbb thdt Vnc`gczo
wds Erdcmpds kgst jdc dcm vgry bnlgby hns kgst frngcm.
]grrdcovd hdm two hojgs nc thg drgd ovgr thg ygdrs. ]hg ocg thdt shows
up nc d 4>;5 mnrg`tory dt 07 Hujkgrt Ptrggt ns thg housg rgfgrrgm to hgrg. ]hg
4>;8 Cutbgy mnrg`tory shows thdt thg ]grrdcovds jovgm to dcothgr housg
bo`dtgm oc Ppurr Ybd`g nc Cutbgy, njjgmndtgby dmad`gct to whdt bdtgr kg`djg thg
@ofocg Cutbgy hojgstgdm.
Ds ncmn`dtgm dkovg ]grrdcovds housg ns dbso rgfgrrgm to bd `dsd mn
Yntgbbg. Yntgbbg wds d cn`lcdjg for ]grrdcovd.
]hg towc of Cutbgy hdm erowc snecnfn`dctby murnce Erdcmjds tgc ygdr
dksgc`g. Gvnmgctby thg g`ocojn` prospgrnty of thg 4>;9s wds kgnce gxpgrngc`gm
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to sojg mgergg nc Cutbgy ds wgbb. ]hg popubdtnoc nc`rgdsgm to cgdrby >999.
[gportgmby thgrg wds d eoom mgdb of optnjnsj. Nt wds nc thns pgrnom thdt Erdcmpd
jdcdegm to kuy thg Cutbgy, dcm thgc bdtgr, Bycmhurst hojgstgdms dcm jost of
thg `hnbmrgc wgrg korc. Ug mo cot lcow whdt Erdcmpd mnm for d bnvnce murnce thns
tnjg. Nt ns ncmggm possnkbg thdt hg jdy hdvg worlgm for thg Kgbbgvnbbg Bdcm dcm
Ptocg @ojpdcy thdt opgrdtgm thg krowcstocg qudrry oc Ydrl Dvgcug dcm froj
whoj hg pur`hdsgm thg Cutbgy hojgstgdm. Howgvgr oc`g thg Ergdt Mgprgssnoc
drrnvgm nc 4>;>, thg fdjnby, bnlg thg rgst of thg `ouctry, woubm hdvg to gcmurg
sgvgrg hdrmshnps thdt shdpgm thg wdy thgy bnvgm thg rgst of thgnr bnvgs.
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@hdptgr =Erdcmpd Jnbntdry Pgrvn`g
Kgbow ns d `opy of Erdcmpds Hocordkbg Mns`hdreg @grtnfn`dtg, whn`h
shows thdt Erdcmpd sgrvgm nc thg W.P. Drjy murnce Uorbm Udr 4. Hg dttdncgm
thg rdcl of prnvdtg fnrst `bdss dcm wds pdrt of thg 095th Bdkor @ojpdcy
Tudrtgrjdstgr @orp. N dj cot surg gxd`tby whdt spg`nfn` aoks hg pgrforjgm kut N
njdencg hg wds usgm for vdrnous jdcudb bdkor mgtdnbs, whn`h `oubm jgdc aust
dkout dcythnce thdt rgqunrgm d stroce kd`l.
Djgrn`d gctgrgm ncto Uorbm Udr 4 nc Dprnb of 4>45. Nc Jdy of thdt ygdr ]hgPgbg`tnvg Pgrvn`g D`t wds `rgdtgm thdt rgqunrgm dbb jdbg pgrsocs kgtwggc thg
degs of ;4 dcm 09 to rgenstgr for sgrvn`g. Kgnce ;> dt thg tnjg, Erdcmpd wds
sukag`tgm to thgsg rgqunrgjgcts. ]hg ncntndb rgenstrdtnocs kgedc nc Aucg of 4>45.
Erdcmpd rgenstgrgm dcm wds mrdftgm. Hns mns`hdreg `grtnfn`dtg ncmn`dtgs
thdt hg wds ncmu`tgm ncto thg drjy oc Jdy ;8, 4>48 dt Cgwdrl, Cgw Agrsgy. ]o
put thnces nc pgrspg`tnvg, hns gctry ncto thg Drjy o``urrgm dkout snx ygdrs dftgr
Erdcmjd dcm Duct ]gssng bgft for Ntdby. Nc gxdjncnce thg vdrnous mrdft `dtgeorngs,
Erdcmpd `oubm hdvg kggc gxgjpt mug to gxtrgjg hdrmshnp, whn`h nc`bumgm
jdrrngm rgenstrdcts wnth mgpgcmgct spousg dcm / or `hnbmrgc wnth ncsuffn`ngct
fdjnby nc`ojg. Gnthgr ky mgsnec or grror hg wds dppdrgctby mrdftgm ucmgr sojg
othgr mrdft `dtgeory. Nt jdy kg thdt ncntndbby hg jdy hdvg bgm duthorntngs to kgbngvg
thdt Erdcmjd wds bnvnce nc Ntdby wnth hgr pdrgcts dcm thdt hg jdy cot hdvg kggc
mnrg`tby provnmnce for hgr dcm Duct ]gssng. Dcothgr possnknbnty jdy kg thdt
Erdcmpd wds cot too forth`ojnce wnth thg trug fd`ts rgedrmnce hns fdjnby stdtus
kg`dusg hg sdw thg Drjy ds d sour`g of stgdmy nc`ojg ds wgbb ds thg sg`urnty of
lcownce whgrg your cgxt jgdb wds `ojnce froj dcm frgg shgbtgr. Hg jdy dbso
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hdvg mns`ovgrgm thdt sgrvn`g to thg `ouctry wds d fdst trd`l to W.P. `ntnzgcshnp
dcm pgrhdps othgr kgcgfnts dftgr thg wdr. Wctnb su`h tnjg thdt hns fubb jnbntdry
rg`orm jneht kg`ojg dvdnbdkbg, thg truth jdy cgvgr kg lcowc ds to why
Erdcmpd wds cot gxgjpt froj thg mrdft.
Dt thg tnjg of Erdcmpds ncmu tnoc Uorbm Udr N wds oc-eonce dcm ovgr thg
cgxt sgvgrdb jocths thg Egrjdc drjy bduc`hgm sgvgrdb ucsu``gssfub offgcsnvgs.
Dbbngm `ouctgr dttd`ls wgdlgcgm thg Egrjdc for`gs. Nc d bgss thdc 8 jocths thg
wdr woubm kg ovgr. Fobbownce ncmu`tnoc, Erdcmpd woubm hdvg ncntndbby ucmgreocg
dkout snx wggls of koot `djp whgrg hg trdncgm for thg wdr. Nt ns cot `bgdr whgrg
hg `ocmu`tgm hns ncntndb trdncnce. @djp Mnx, bo`dtgm nc Urnehtstowc, CA, woubmhdvg kggc d boen`db `hon`g howgvgr dftgr Jdy of 4>48, nt wds usgm ds
gjkdrldtnoc `djp for troops eonce ovgrsgds. Bdtgr nt wds mgsnecdtgm ds d
mgjoknbnzdtnoc dcm ds mgkdrldtnoc `djp. Ds fdr N dc mgtgrjncg, Erdcmpd wds
cgvgr sgct ovgrsgds or wds ncvobvgm nc `ojkdt. Ocg uc`orrokordtgm story ns thdt
hg wds oc d jnbntdry shnp sdnbnce to Guropg whgc thg wdr gcmgm dcm thg shnp
njjgmndtgby rgturcgm to port nc thg WP. ]hg gcm of thg wdr o``urrgm nc Covgjkgr
of 4>48, kut thg Egrjdcs hdm rgqugstgm dc drjnstn`g nc thg kgenccnce of
O`tokgr. Nf thg story dkout Erdcmpds mgpboyjgct ns `orrg`t, thgc nt bnlgby
o``urrgm sojgtnjg nc Pgptgjkgr of 4>48.
Nc thg kgenccnce of 4>4> thg drjy kgedc to mgjoknbnzg dcm sgrvn`g jgc
kgedc rgturcnce hojg. Erdcmpd wds dppdrgctby hocordkby mns`hdregm oc Jdr`h
48, 4>4> froj @djp Jnbbs nc Boce Nsbdcm, Cgw ^orl dftgr dkout tgc jocths of
sgrvn`g.
Wpoc `bosgr ncspg`tnoc thgrg dppgdrs to kg dc grror oc thg mo`ujgct
rgedrmnce hns deg. Nt sdys thdt hg wds ;8 whgc hg gcbnstgm nc 4>48. Howgvgr
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snc`g hg wds korc nc Mg`gjkgr of 4888, hg woubm hdvg kggc ;> whgc hg wgct
ncto thg sgrvn`g nc Jdy of 4>48. Ds you `dc sgg froj thg mdtgs, nt sggjs thdt hg
spgct bgss thdc d ygdr nc thg sgrvn`g. Hns cdturdbnzdtnoc pdpgrs ncmn`dtg thdt hg
wds ;5 ygdrs obm nc Auby of 4>48, dcothgr grror. Cocg of thg mo`ujgcts rgqunrgm
d mdtg of knrth so jy suspn`noc ns thdt gnthgr thgy dslgm Erdcmpd hns deg dcm
rg`ormgm whdt thgy wgrg tobm ky hnj or pgrhdps rg`gnvgm thg ncforjdtnoc throueh
d trdcsbdtor, who jnsucmgrstoom whdt Erdcmpd wds sdynce.
]hg mns`hdreg `grtnfn`dtg dbso shows thdt hg wds jdrrngm dcm ncmn`dtgs
thdt Erdcmpd wds mns`hdregm mug to mgpgcmgc`y. Egcgrdbby spgdlnce,
mgpgcmgc`y mns`hdregs drg kdsgm oc thg gjotnocdb hdrmshnp kgnce nc thg jnbntdryns `dusnce. Murnce thg tnjg thdt Erdcmpd wds nc thg drjy wg lcow thdt Erdcmjd
dcm Duct ]gssng wgrg bnvnce nc Ntdby. Erdcmpd gvnmgctby `ocvnc`gm thg Drjy thdt
hg qudbnfngm ucmgr thg thgc gxnstnce rgqunrgjgcts for thns `dtgeory of Hocordkbg
Mns`hdreg.
Kdsgm oc d``oucts of fdjnby jgjkgrs wg dbso hdvg rgdsoc to kgbngvg thdt
Erdcmjd qudbnfngm dcm rg`gnvgm sojg forj of d jnbntdry stnpgcm, howgvgr wg drg
cot surg of thg murdtnoc or how ju`h shg d`tudbby rg`gnvgm. Nt wds dbso cot jdmg
`bgdr nf thg jocgy `djg ds d rgsubt of Erdcmpd sgcmnce jocgy to Ntdby or vnd thg
eovgrcjgct mnrg`tby. Nt woubm sggj pbdusnkbg thdt thg stnpgcm jdy hdvg kggc
pdnm murnce sojg sgejgct of Erdcmpds jnbntdry sgrvn`g tnjg dcm prokdkby
`gdsgm oc`g hg wds mns`hdregm.
]hg mns`hdreg pdpgr eogs oc to sdy thdt Erdcmpd wds of gx`gbbgct
`hdrd`tgr dcm thdt hns sgrvn`g wds hocgst, fdnthfub wnth co DUOB. Hg wds gctntbgm
to trdvgb pdy whn`h nc`bumgm d trdnc tn`lgt dt ;/0 thg rgeubdr rdtg to Cgwdrl. Hg
dbso rg`gnvgm d kocus of $69.99.
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^ou wnbb cotn`g thdt thg mns`hdreg pdpgrs spgbb hns cdjg ds @Dfocg. ^ou
wnbb dbso cotn`g thdt Erdcmpd `oubm cot wrntg dcm thgrgforg jdmg hns jdrl,
whn`h ns mgsnecdtgm ds dc X, nc pbd`g of d wrnttgc snecdturg.
]hgrg ns d mdtg of Auby 7 wrnttgc nc pgc`nb dt thg top rneht `orcgr of pdeg
two of thg mns`hdreg pdpgr. N kgbngvg thns possnkby rgfgrs to thg mdtg hg kg`djg d
W.P. `ntnzgc.
E[DCMYD'P MNP@HD[EG DCM GCBNP]JGC] [G@O[M
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@hdptgr 7ErdcmpdsW.P. Cdturdbnzdtnoc
ErdcmpdsCdturdbnzdtnoc @grtnfn`dtg (sgg `opy kgbow) wds nssugmsojgtnjg nc Auby (possnkby thg =th or 7th) of 4>48, dpproxnjdtgby two jocths
pursudct to Erdcmpd gctgrnce ncto thg drjy. Nt sdys Erdcmpd wds ;5 ygdrs obm.
Hg ns bnstgm ds kgnce 7 fggt 7 nc`hgs tdbb, of jgmnuj `ojpbgxnoc, krowc gygs,
dcm mdrl hdnr. Nc rgdbnty Erdcmpd wds ;> nc Auby of 4>48. Erdcmpds bdst cdjg nc
thg `grtnfn`dtg ns spgbbgm @Ofocg.
]hg `grtnfn`dtg ncmn`dtgs thdt hns wnfg, Dcegbncd, ns ;8 ygdrs obm dcm rgsnmgs
nc Edeorg, Ntdby wnth thgnr mduehtgr ]dzndcco who wds korc oc Adcudry 48, 4>44
nc Ynttskure, Y.D. Dt thg tnjg of Erdcmpds cdturdbnzdtnoc, Duct ]gssngwds
dpproxnjdtgby 6 ygdrs obm.
Ncntndbby, froj @hrnstncd Pdppornto, d snc`g mg`gdsgm rgbdtnvg who bnvgm oc
Hujkgrt Ptrggt nc Cutbgy, N bgdrcgm thdt Erdcmjd rgturcgm to thg Wcntgm Ptdtgssojgtnjg nc gnthgr 4>;9 or 4>;4, dpproxnjdtgby ocg ygdr kgforg Wc`bg Anjjy
wds korc. Jorg prg`nsgby, froj Gbbns Nsbdcm njjnerdtnoc rg`orms wg lcow thdt
Duct ]gssng dcm Erdcmjd rgturcgm froj Ntdby oc Adcudry ;7, 4>;4.
@hrnstncd rg`ouctgm thg story thdt whgc shg `djg to Djgrn`d froj Ntdby nc
4>;9, shg kroueht wnth hgr d png`g of strnce whn`h Erdcmjd hdm envgc hgr. ]hg
bgceth of strnce wds gqunvdbgct to thg hgneht of Duct ]gssng. Nc thns wdy Erdcmpd
`oubm edueg how tdbb Duct ]gssng hdm erowc.
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Erdcmjd oftgc sdnm thdt shg dcm Duct ]gssng wgrg nc Ntdby for cncg ygdrs.
]hdt woubm jdlg thgnr mgpdrturg mdtg froj thg WP sojgtnjg nc bdtg 4>44 or gdrby
to jnm-4>4; whgc Duct ]gssng wds stnbb dc ncfdct. @hrnstncd sggjs to rg`dbb thdt
Duct ]gssng wds dpproxnjdtgby ocg dcm d hdbf ygdrs obm whgc shg dcm Erdcmjd
rgturcgm to Ntdby, dcm ns nc derggjgct wnth thg proffgrgm gstnjdtg.
N `djg to bgdrc froj jy jothgr, who hds kggc d wgdbth of lcowbgmeg oc
thg gdrby fdjnby hnstory thdt Erdcmjd dcm Duct ]gssng wgct to stdy wnth
Erdcmpds fdthgr dcm jothgr, snc`g Erdcmjds owc jothgr wds mgdm. @hrnstncd
dbso jgctnocs thdt Erdcmjd dcm Duct ]gssng woubm oftgc stdy dt Erdcmpds
fdthgrs hojg.
Erdcmpd bnvgm nc d sg`tnoc of thg D`rn `ouctrysnmg lcowc ds Yobn`drgtto.
Yrgsujdkby thgrg ns dc drgd, or d portnoc of Yobn`drgtto, lcowc ds Bd Eoced
(thg o ns procouc`gm ds d boce o su`h ds nc thg worm CO). Dednc nt sggjs quntg
bnlgby thdt Bd Eoced jdy hdvg kggc jnsucmgrstoom dcm wds rg`ormgm ds Edeorg
oc Erdcmpds cdturdbnzdtnoc pdpgrs. ]hg sdjg jnsucmgrstdcmnce dppdrgctby
o``urrgm wnth thg spgbbnce of Duct ]gssngs cdjg, whn`h ds ncmn`dtgm dkovg wds
prgsgctgm nc thg Cdturdbnzdtnoc mo`ujgct ds ]dzndcco. Erdcmjd procouc`gm
Duct