Volume 16 , Issue 25

NW Okie's Journey

Besides getting back into walking the trails just north of us at Vallecito Reservior, in the Rocky mountains of Southwest Colorado, spend some of my computer time searching back to 1914, World War I and it's beginning.

The image on the left is a view of Vallecito River up north of us in the San Juan National Forest camp grounds. The campgrounds keep busy this time of year.

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Walking With Sadie

We have more information this week on the beginning of World War I, 1914 and the European nations involved. Check out the features in this week's Okie Legacy Ezine/Tabloid Weekly.

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100 Years Ago - 4 August 1914

In the Ottumwa Tri-Weekly Courier, date 4 August 1914, in Ottumwa, Iowa, the front page headlines read? German Army Invades France. Other headlines that day were: "General European War Seems Assured; Fighting of Three Powerful Nations Engaged."

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1914 War - General European War Seems Assured

Back in 1914, Ottumwa Tri-Weekly Courier, date 4 August 1914, in Ottumwa, Iowa, it was hard to see how other nations could prevent being drawn into the struggle whether they want to or not. All were preparing for possible emergencies. England was holding back, but it would be called on by Belgians for aid. Germans had violated neutrality of "Little Kingdom" by sending forces through on the way to the French Frontier. People were expecting war.

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Local News From Highland Recorder, 27 September 1895

It was in 1895, September, that we found these "Local News" in the Highland Recorder, Dated 27 September 1895. Perhaps some of your Monterey, Virginia pioneers are mentioned here. I know I found some familiar names that popped out in my Paternal grandmother's genealogy, such as Byrd, Gum, Arbogast, Stephenson, Gwin, etc.

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History of Highland County Virginia

Of the many hundreds of counties in the United States, only two bear the name of Highland. These are in Virginia and Ohio. The south corner of the Virginian county lies only a few miles northwest of the geographic center of the original Old Dominion, the northern Panhandle of the newer state being left out of consideration. In latitude Highland lies between the parallels of 38 degrees, 12 minutes, and 38 degrees, 35 minutes. In longitude it lies between the meridians of 1 degree, 20 minutes, and 1 degree, 48 minutes, west from Washington.

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1914 Blood & Oil: The Middle East In World War I

1914 Blood & Oil: The Middle East In World War I The War in Iraq. It's happened before. When did all this conflict begin? How did Western world become so involved in the Middle East? We must looked back to the Ottoman Empire. 29 October 1914, The Middle East in World War. The Black Sea off the Russian Coast. It was all about Oil even back to 1914.

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Ottoman Empire - 1683

The Ottoman Empire, modern Turkish, also historically referred to as the Turkish Empire or Turkey, was an empire founded by Oghuz Turks under Osman Bey in northwestern Anatolia in 1299. With the conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed II in 1453, the Ottoman state was transformed into an empire.

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