Volume 13 , Issue 28

Duchess of Weaselskin

Check out our digital photo of SW Colorado mountain squirrel, in the photo on the Right, eating in the hanging birdfeeder.

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This Day In History (July 10th)

On July 10, 1940, during World War II, the 114-day Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces began attacking southern England by air. By late October, Britain managed to repel the Luftwaffe, which suffered heavy losses. Go to article

On July 10, 1943, Arthur Robert Ashe, the tennis star who was the first black man to win a major championship, was born. Following his death on Feb. 6, 1993, his obituary appeared in The Times. Go to obituary

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NW Okie's Ancestry Corner

We want to begin by giving a "Shout out" to the Pine Mountain School District and their teacher, Elizabeth Owens! We received an interesting Thank you email from Elizabeth and her class at Pine Mountain School District this week. As I told Elizabeth, "You never know how many lives you touch through this online media."

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Jesse J. Dunn - Oklahoma Territory

Jesse J. Dunn, a Justice of Supreme Court, was born in Illinois into an atmosphere reverberating the debates of Lincoln and Douglas. Jesse's boyhood was spent in Mississippi, near the home of Jefferson Davis. Jesse was educated in Kansas, and shortly after his graduation from the Law Department of the University of Kansas, in 1893, he located in the town of Alva, Oklahoma.

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Do You Dance Like When You Were Young?

Steve sent us the following bit of advise that he ran across online. Is this true? This was written by an 83-year-old woman to her friend. The last line says it all.

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History of Woods County Oklahoma

According to the The Oklahoma Red book, page 521, the miscellaneous information shows the County Assessor as T. J. Dyer; County Commissioners as L. A. Clinkenbeard, J. E. Patterson and William Barker. the Population in 1907 was 15,5517; 1910 population was 17,567.

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