Volume 13 , Issue 22

Duchess of Weaselskin

It was a windy, Sunday afternoon in Durango when NW Okie went to watch the Iron Horse Criterium and Cruisers in downtown Durango, Colorado. That windy weather blew in such a cool-down for Monday. They say we are in for a hard freeze tonight here in Southwest Colorado, Monday, 30 May 2011. Do not let me forget to enclose my plants and vegetables in my greenhouse early this Monday evening!

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This Day In History (May 30)

On this day, May 30, 1958, unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflict were buried at Arlington National Cemetery. READ Article Here.

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NW Okie's Ancestrial Lineage

Last week we shared some ancestry lineage of our connection to President Andrew Jackson (Jackson's relationship to me is 1st cousin of husband of 1st cousin 1x removed of husband of 2nd great grand aunt, Nancy McGill, daughter of William Nathan (Jr.) and Nancy Anne (Luttrell) McGill.

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Devine Homestead Near Fairvalley OK

Wes Devine shared some photos of his family's Old Homestead near Fairvalley, Oklahoma. The photos show the old house and storm cellar with Henry Devine's inscribed on it with the date 1922. I did not know that the old Devine Homestead set on the Eastside and south of our Fairvalley Ranch. See Googl map below of the Fairvalley area.

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St. Andrews, Scotland, UK

[Photo on the left is for a Rev. John McGill, L.L.D] -- Bob McGill in California sent us this interesting tombstone that he found in St. Andrews, Scotland. Bob says, "Thought you might find this interesting. I was walking around a cemetery in St. Andrews, Scotland and came across this McGill tombstone. I also found the that the McGill surname is under the second largest clan in Scotland: the McDonald Clan. I fell in love with Scotland!"

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Memorial Day 2011

Finally, Memorial Day 2011 lands on the last Monday of May (May 30, 2011) like it started out. It was formerly known as Decoration Day to commemorate US soldiers who died while in service. It was enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War. Did you realize that? It was later extended after World War I to honor Americans who had died in all wars.

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Iron Horse Bicycle Classic

According to the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic website, the Iron Horse Classic was the brain child of Tom Mayer and his older brother Jim. Jim worked as a brakeman on the D&SNG railroad which had run the steam powered locomotive between Durango and Silverton since the 1880's.

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Virginia Magazine of History & Biography

According to The Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, Vol. 4, by Philip Alexander Bruce, Virgiia Historical Society, William Glover Stanard, we find the following this history and biography of Virginia, dated July 1896, Vol. IV, No. I. This little history book is for those searching their ancestry that settled in the Virginia's. [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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