The Okie Legacy: Duchess' Deer Domain Insight Into Grandma & John C. McClure 1905 - John B. Doolin, Alva OK 1905 - Frank James May Have Lived In Oklahoma 1905 - McLoud, Oklahoma Tragedy 1905 - An Accidental Killing 1905 - Guthrie Railway Gossip 1905 - Fred Vanbibber Held For Murder 1905 - Northwestern Normal News Fletcher, OK Warwick England & Family Name The McGill Name

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Volume 11 , Issue 37

2009

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Duchess' Deer Domain

Here in SW Colorado it has been feeling like cool, Fall weather is approaching and the monsoon rains coming in the afternoon.

AND ? a big ear Doe with a fawn and young buck were grazing in our backyard. Photo on the left is of the big ear doe with one of her big ears perked to the approaching NW Okie with camera.

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Insight Into Grandma & John C. McClure

December 1905, finds only one short note/letter to Miss Constance Warwick from John C. McClure. John is still working at the First National Bank in Alva, Oklahoma Territory. Miss Constance Warwick is receiving her mail care of rural delivery (RFD) and teaching in a rural school somewhere in northwest Oklahoma Territory.

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1905 - John B. Doolin, Alva OK

I found this 1905 cartoon of John B. Doolin in the December 1905 newspaper of The Oklahoman. I believe this John B. Doolin must have been the father of the John Doolin that my father, Gene McGill, and his brother, Bob McGill, grew up with as young boys after 1914 in the northwest Oklahoma community of Alva.

The December 1905 front page, "Pages From the Cartoon Book, Men of Affairs in Caricature," The Oklahoman said, "When John B. Doolin was five years old two unfortunate things happened; both his parents died.

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1905 - Frank James May Have Lived In Oklahoma

On the second page of the December 1905, The Oklahoman the headlines read, "Frank James May Live In Oklahoma." It goes on to say, "Former bandit thinking of leaving Missouri -- is now visiting at Fletcher."

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1905 - Guthrie Railway Gossip

On page twelve of The Oklahoman, dated December 2, 1905, the small headlines read, "Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 2, 1905 -- The Guthrie, Fairview & Western railroad company, building westward from Guthrie toward Denver, as an Orient feeder, has let the contract to John Harishorn to construct the first twenty-five miles of of the road west of Fairview, where it crosses the Orient main line.

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1905 - McLoud, Oklahoma Tragedy

On page eight of the December 2, 1905, of the The Oklahoman, the headlines read, "M'Loud Tragedy." It goes on to say, "Dr. E. N. Hilborn, a dentist, shot by P. O. Sullivan, his father-in-law. Slayer acted in self-defense. Hilborn went to Sullivan's home with avowed intention of killing him and was himself killed."

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1905 - An Accidental Killing

On page 13 of The Oklahoman, dated December 3, 1905, the small headlines read, "An Accidental Killing." It goes on to say, "Prominent Chickasaw woman is shot and killed by her son-on-law."

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1905 - Northwestern Normal News

On page 23 of The Oklahoman, dated December 3, 1905, the small headlines read, "Northwestern Normal." It goes on to read, "Prof. H. C. Meier left for Waynoka last Wednesday to visit his wife and to spend Thanksgiving in the country on his farm. During his absence his classes were taught by Prof. G. H. Wilkinson and Prof. Herod."

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1905 - Fred Vanbibber Held For Murder

Remember the murder O. C. Andre by Fred Vanbibber, his brother-in-law? On the front page of The Oklahoman, dated December 5, 1905, the headlines read, "Held For Murder." It goes on to state, "Vanbibber, who killed a man in Woods county, under bond. Enters plea of self-defense. Killing was result of quarrel between brothers-in-law."

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Fletcher, OK

Fletcher is located in the upper northeastern corner of Comanche County on U.S. Highway 277 and just north of Interstate 44. The town is eighteen miles northeast of Lawton. Founded in 1902, the community was named for Fletcher Dodge, who gave half of his 160-acre homestead for the new townsite.

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Warwick England & Family Name

Warwick (pronounced /ˈwɒrɪk/ WORR-ik with a silent w in the middle) is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, 18 km (11 miles) south of Coventry and 4 km (2.5 miles) west of Leamington Spa (although the towns are conjoined), with a population of 25,434 (2001 census).

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The McGill Name

The McGill name, meaning the son of a stranger or lowlander, is a Scottish name that originated in Galloway, Scotland. During the reign of King James I of England (1566-1625) the Scottish people were oppressed for being Presbyterian and refusing to submit to the Church of England.

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