Volume 11 , Issue 18

Dear Duchess

Gee Whiz! It has been wet and cool since NW Okie brought us back to NW Oklahoma. Guess we brought a bit of cool Colorado with us, huh?

May Day came to NW Oklahoma bringing more cool, wet weather. It is also that time of year to mix up a batch of hummingbird nectar for your hummingbirds.

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Insight Into Grandma

John C. McClure continues his letters to Miss Constance Warwick in Alva, O. T. (Oklahoma Territory) while John is attending Gem City Business College in Quincy, Illinois.

As the other letters have been, this letter is postmarked, June 20, 1904, Quincy, Ill, with the notation on the letter: "Sun. Eve., Miss Constance Warwick, Alva, OKlahoma."

"Dear Friend, I received your letter a few days ago, which was pleased to receive.

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Looking Back ... To the Future

The McGill Bros. Furniture had two stores in the 600 block of Barnes Avenue, in Alva, Oklahoma. The first store was just East of DeGeer's two-story building.

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1948 - Gene & Baby Linda

Could not resist sharing this baby picture I ran across of NW Okie taken around 1948 when she was just a baby [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Perry Hodgden Family of Ellsworth, KS

This next feature is from John M Hodgden, Sr [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (1 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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AHS Class Reunion 1949 & '59

Bill Beeler says, "Big Time in Alva June 5th & 6th [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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2009 Spring Reunion In Alva OK

Jim Bradley says, "Howdy! We were in Alva over Fri and Sat nights to attend the 2009 Spring Reunion, of which I was one of the honored guests having been 50 years since graduation in 1959 [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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McGill Sisters Fairvalley

I know we have talked about Fairvalley, Oklahoma a few times in The OkieLegacy [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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1904 Edition - The Virginian by Owen Wister

David and I went to an auction Saturday morning in Alva, Oklahoma and found and bid successful on a 1904 edition of "The Virginian." This 1904 edition of "The Virginian" was entitled "The Horseman of the Plains." The publisher information stated: "New York The Macmillan company, London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. 1904.

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