Volume 8 , Issue 24

Woods County Prairie Chickens...

"I saw the turkey picture sent in by Jim Bradley in your current issue and I thought, 'How nice of him to share.' Then I realized that I had something to share, too. Back in April I went up into northwestern Woods County with Rose Blunk and Dr. Paul Nighswonger in an early morning run to observe prairie chickens on their booming ground. We were quite successful and I snapped a number of pictures. I don't have the best ones loaded on the computer I'm typing this on, but thought you might like a peek at some anyway. This picture was shot in the vicinity of the "cowboy graves" northwest of Camp Houston.

Also, I'm sending a photo of the Alva downtown square taken probably sometime in the early 1940's. It was enlarged from an Alva Chamber of Commerce membership card that belonged to my wife's father, Noel Taylor. The card was dated 1953, but I'm sure the picture is at least eight years older than that. Take a gander at all of the center-parked cars around the square and even a block west of the square on Barnes and Flynn Streets. Alva's square was a dynamic place then! Still enjoy your e-mag. Keep up the good work." -- JIM
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