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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@.

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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

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