A. W. Clyde, McIntosh County, North Dakota

Fitzgerald, Georgia
May 3, 1910 

The Tribune:

I am receipt of the Ashley Tribune of date April 15, and it is with sincere
sorrow I read of the death of A. W. Clyde, another one of the pioneers of
McIntosh County, who had spent years of ripe experience in helping to build up
for future generations one of the best counties in South Central North Dakota.

One by one the "Old Guard" who gave so much toward making McIntosh County what
it is, and what time will make it, are passing on to what, let us hope, will be
the reward of a better life. In memory I turn back to the years when Judge R. A.
Larimer, C. V. Basye, J. H. Wishek, Major George H. Fay, LaMotte Miles, and A.
W. Clyde were on the stage of action, doing valiant work for your county when
the prospects of reward seemed to be on the wrong side of the ledger. Now all
are gone, yet we can all feel assured that their good deeds will live after
them, and in years to come they will be remembered and held in high esteem for
what they did in the early days when it meant something to brave the storm, when
failure in crops was the rule and not the exception.

They did what they could and now have finished their course, and we have every
reason to believe they will receive the reward of "well done".
H. R. CLOWES

(A full sketch of Mr. Clyde's life in McIntosh County is given in the Jubilee
Book.)


Extracted from:

Along the Trails of Yesterday
A Story of McIntosh County

by

Nina Farley Wishek

Author of 
Roseberries in Autumn

The Ashley Tribune
Froh, Pohl, Moench
1941