Volume 2 , Issue 8

Northwest Oklahoma Territory Pioneers

Information from the 1904 Souvenir Edition - of the Alva Pioneer, Friday, Jan [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Early Alva, Oklahoma Territory

Information from the 1904 Souvenir Edition - of the Alva Pioneer, Friday, Jan. 1, 1904, Vol. 11, No. 16, by W. F. Hatfield, Alva, Woods Co., Oklahoma. W. F. Hatfield, Publisher Daily and Weekly Pioneer editor, sold the "Souvenir Edition" in 1904 for 50-Cents. It was printed to celebrate Alva's tenth anniversary since the opening of 1893.

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In Oklahoma - Poem

This Oklahoma Poem titled, In Oklahoma, appeared in the January 1904, Souvenir Edition - The Alva Pioneer. It did NOT have the name of the author.

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Oklahoma's Climate

Letter to Editor written by George Rollins, Alva, Oklahoma and appeared in the Souvenir Edition - Alva Pioneer, Friday, Jan. 1, 1904, Vol. 11, No. 16, Alva, Woods Co., Oklahoma. W. F. Hatfield, Publisher Daily and Weekly Pioneer editor, sold the "Souvenir Edition" in 1904 for 50-Cents. It was printed to celebrate Alva's tenth anniversary since the opening of 1893. Printed as it was in 1904.

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Alva Pioneer 1904

Information from the 1904 Souvenir Edition - of the Alva Pioneer, Friday, Jan. 1, 1904, Vol. 11, No. 16, by W. F. Hatfield, Alva, Woods Co., Oklahoma. W. F. Hatfield, Publisher Daily and Weekly Pioneer editor, sold the Souvenir Edition in 1904 for 50-Cents. It was printed to celebrate Alva's tenth anniversary since the opening of 1893.

The sketch that the Alva Pioneer used on that day, January 1, 1904, was drawn by Mr. Geo. V. Cummins, of then Winchester, Oklahoma., seventeen (17) miles northwest from Alva. The Pioneer wrote that Mr. Cummins ... made the race and still lives in that vicinity. Many old-timers who have seen this sketch and from Cummins observations as reported in the Alva Pioneer, It is a good and truthful representation of that momentous event -- the greatest horse-race that ever occurred on earth or will ever occur again. The Great Race For Homes, Saturday, Sept. 16th, 1893

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Eagle Furniture Store Undertaking

R.O. Renfrew and Dyas Gadbois, the proprietors of the Eagle Furniture Store, were both young men who came here at the opening of the strip and resided in Alva (Oklahoma) since that time. About 1901 they bought the Eagle Furniture Store from Devine & Matthews who had established the store some years before. Since taking control, Renfrew & Gadbois steadily increased the business and conducted the place in such a way that in 1904 they were recognized as the leading Furniture dealers of Woods County. They prided themselves on the good grade of goods they handled, and their trade evidently appreciated their efforts to improve the grade of furniture sold in Alva during that time, by giving them a constantly increasing business.

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John Culver Letter, Likes This Country Best

Letter to Editor written by John Culver, Cleo, Oklahoma and appeared in the Souvenir Edition - Alva Pioneer, Friday, Jan. 1, 1904, Vol. 11, No. 16, Alva, Woods Co., Oklahoma. W. F. Hatfield, Publisher Daily and Weekly Pioneer editor, sold the "Souvenir Edition" in 1904 for 50-Cents. It was printed to celebrate Alva's tenth anniversary since the opening of 1893. Printed as it was in 1904.

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