Volume 12 , Issue 28

Duchess Dozing Domain

NW Okie planted several different variety of tomatoes in pots inside a portable greenhouse to protect them from the wildlife, such as raccoons, squirrels and bears.

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NW Okie's Ramblings

I have been spending the last eleven days sculpturing (learning to wood sculpture) the NW Okie's Eagle Totem. From last week's beginning we have come along way since then. As you can see by the two images above, left and right.

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More Info On Liberty 35 School

I did another search of our database and found some more information concerning the Liberty School 35 School that was in the Valley Township South of the Alva community a few miles.

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Oklahoma Settlement Patterns

"When Oklahoma became the forty-sixth state in 1907, it could have been described as a patchwork quilt of destroyed Indian reservations [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Fairvalley Fish Story

Whoever thought that the little pond at Fairvalley, in Northwest Oklahoma would have such big bass living and surviving in it.

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Orphanage Association of Oklahoma McAlester - 1920s

According to a pdf file that I found online, McAlester, Pittsburg county, Oklahoma had an Orphanage Association of Oklahoma. In 1923 census: the Orphanage Assn. of Oklahoma, no address, no statistics; a private corporation Inc., in 1922. After May 1, 1923 (IT) it would function with the Whitaker State Orphans Home at Pryor.

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Chaney & Carmen IOOF Children's Orphanage

Lisa Smith, Granddaughter of Maurine A [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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IOOF Carmen Children Home

We found the following information on Ancestry.com Messageboard, concerning Odd Fellows Orphanage, Carmen, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. The lady, Patricia Mills, who posted it gave a phone number for those wishing to records from the Grand masters office in Perry, Oklahoma.

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Carmen IOOF Home Old Photo

Some one requested some information and photos of the Carmen IOOF Children Home, that was located just North of Carmen, Alfalfa county, Oklahoma. So we did a search of our OkieLegacy database and found the following information.

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1918-1929 Fashions

After the War in 1918 the Suffragettes finally won the vote in the UK, and in America voting for women was won in 1920. Fashion trends towards a more casual look continued in the 1920's. In the aftermath of the war, people questioned the values of the older generation that had led to the conflict. To a great extent people believed that those values were discredited, along with the generation that spawned it.

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Carmen Children Home Memories

Phyllis Lund (Email: phyllisnsf@aol.com) "My mother and her siblings were in the Carmen IOOF Home you featured on your web site. They were Hattie, Irene, Milton and Ernest Cox. They would have lived there for several years, beginning in the early 1920s. Any info from anyone who would remember or have any connection would be great. Hattie and Ernest are still alive and always wanted to come back to visit. Hattie (84) and in great spirits and health. Mother speaks of carrying lunch to school in a lard bucket and being called the home kids. Also, getting hard candy at Christmas. She has lots more memories if anyone "My daughter in law is into genealogy and has discovered the Home my mother and her siblings were in was in Carmen, Oklahoma. It is on the net, under OkieLegacy - Carmen Odd Fellowage Orphanage.

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One Ball: Dog vs. Deer

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Remembering Phantom Empire Serial

Roy submitted this information concerning a serial, The Phantom Empire, that Gene Autry made using his real name. I had watched this serial at Putnam City Elementary school when I was in the 5th grade. They played a chapter each week, in addition to a classic feature such as: "Young Tom Edison", "Alexander Graham Bell", etc. and charged each child 5 cents to see the films.

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