Volume 6 , Issue 18

Cantonment Indian School...

One of our readers sent this great photo of the old Indian School in Cantonment Oklahoma. The photo is dated November 15, 1919. Cantonment was located south of Canton, Oklahoma. Click on the photo for a larger view.

I have also heard from several who wanted to know how to get a copy of The Battle of Droop Mountain written by Dallas B. Shaffer.... because someone's ancestor had fought in that battle. I will be making some copies to send to a few people. If you would like to have a copy, please email me at paristimes@earthlink.net. Thanks.

Then there is another reader from Medicine Park, Oklahoma near the Wichita wildlife refugee that is looking for information on Elmer Thomas and the name of his wife. Is there anyone out there have any answers to his question. Read his message in the Mailbag Corner.

The last I heard from Sandie Olson at the Waynoka Historical Society was that they have sold their limited supply of Woods County 1906 Atlas books with one book remaining... and that may be sold. Thanks to you all who have inquired and bought a book. They do have the 24"x30" Township Poster, showing twelve townships in the Waynoka trade area. The townships are from the 1906 Atlas.

Time does fly fast around here. We have a heck of a time trying to keep up with it. Where has April gone? Will the April Showers bring May flowers? I hear tell that NW Oklahoma received about 1-1/2 inches of rain Thursday night (April 29, 2004). Sounds like the southern part of our state had the tornado warnings, storms this Friday. It is beginning to thunder and lightening in the OKC area as I type this week's newsletter. So... Duchess and I are going to end here, send this out and turn off our computer before Mother Nature steps in and does it for us.

With the end of April... May Day is just around the corner -- this weekend. My Lilacs have bloomed and moved on already. My Iris have buds and may be blooming as we type here. The broodmares have slowly produced their 2004 crop of colts (mainly horse colts, so far). AND... next weekend we shall be remembering our mothers on Mothers Day. Y'all have a great May Day. We shall be looking forward to hearing from you and sharing more Okie Legacies.

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