Volume 14 , Issue 3

Duchess of Weaselskin

After midnight last night it started with a dusting of snow around the San Juans mountains in the southwest corner of Colorado. By Monday morning we had accumulated 4-3/4 inches of that dry, snow . . . snowing like that most of the day into early evening. They were predicting at least 6 inches for our area on Weatherbug.

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On This Day In History (16 January)

On Jan. 16, 1991, the White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. Go To Article.

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NW Okie's Corner

I was browsing the web a few days ago and found some interesting facts about the ghosts of the County Line BBQ, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. I had eaten great BBQ there a few times in my life and loved everything about the food and the restaurant, but never experienced any ghostly hauntings that I knew about.

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100 Years Ago Today 16 January 1912

The Washington Times, dated Tuesday evening, 16 January 1912, reported that a Denver Editor claims that clerks are being coerced, as charges are made against officials of postoffice department, and the Denver Editor comes before the House Committee on Reform in Civil Service.

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Native Americans - An Arapaho Tale

Have you ever heard of the Arapho tale of the "Girl who climbed to the sky?"

One morning several young women went out from their tepee village to gather firewood. Among them was Sapana, the most beautiful girl in the village, and it was she who first saw the porcupine sitting at the foot of a tall cottonwood tree. She called to the others: "Help me to catch this porcupine, and I will divide its quills among you."

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Highland County Virginia Indians

While the Indians Were Here -- In 1727 there was a portion of Virginia lying west of the blue Ridge and was uninhabited. In the lower valley of the South Branch was a clan of the Shawnees, about 150 strong. Highland was once only a hunting ground of the Shawnees. The whole Shawnee tribe which committed so much havoc between 1754 and 1815, counted only a thousand souls.

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Happy 60th Birthday to Holder's Drugs

Through a YouTube.com video by vickyatlynnmartins we find that Holder's Drugs on the south side of the square in downtown Alva, Oklahoma is celebrating it's 60th anniversary. Remember when you would meet in the coffee shop of Holder's while you waited for your prescription to be filled? Or an after school coke date with a group of friends?

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The History of Eliza - Vol. I

We begin this week and end this week at pages 64 thru 118, of Vol. I, of The History of Eliza Warwick as she tells her story to Lord Huntley. Last week we began reading The History of Eliza Warwick, Vol. I., when the Duke of Beauvarise wrote Lord Tenterdon a letter explaining his part in helping Eliza (Lady Darcy) elope with Col. Harry Warwick (pledged to another), son of Capt. William Warwick.

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