The first chapter of the typescript "Early Days on the Eagle" written by MacDonald Knight. This chapter may be from his thesis (1953) or was part of the final published verison of the book (1964). After serving overseas in the army, he came home and moved directly to Holy Cross City, an isolated mining camp. He eventually became a teacher, was chosen as a Fulbright Scholar, and lived in Paonia for several decades. In 1964, Knight and a colleague wrote...