Volume 13 , Issue 49

Duchess of Weaselskin

For the last few days, since early Saturday morning and all through Sunday and Monday, we have accumulated approximately 9-inches or more of the fine, powdery snow at the elevation 7784 ft., in the San Juan mountains, near Bayfield, Colorado.

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On This Day In History (December 5)

On this date in history, 5 December 1933, the headlines in The New York Times read: Lindberghs At Sea On Brazil Flight; "O.K." She Reports and Prohibition Repeal Is Ratified At 5:32PM; Roosevelt Asks Nation To Bar the Saloon; New York Celebrates With Quiet Restraint.

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NW Okie's Corner

I shuffle through some old GUINN/GWIN photos that I had scanned a few years back and ran across my father, Gene M McGill's, Great Grandmother, Ellen Dever Guinn (born 18 Jan. 1834, Highland, Virginia - died Oct. 1896, Highland Virginia).

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Cherokees Hold National Council At Talequah - 7 Nov. 1883

On this date, Wednesday, 7 November 7, 1883, in The Sun (New York), page 2, there was a short mention of the Cherokee Native Americans holding their National Council (or Legislature) at Talequah, which was their capital.

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Native American Legends - Chief Redbird

We received an email from Doug Brackett, in New Hampshire, who brought to my attention a portrait of a young Native American that could be welcomed as a cherished portrait for the Cherokee (especially the Keetoowah Nighthawk Society). Doug said it belonged to the mother of his business partner, the late Denley Willis Emerson (1918-2008).

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1911 - Niagara Falls Freezes Over

Raymer Ellis sent us this old photo taken during the winter of 1911 when Niagara Falls was completely frozen. Have you ever seen of heard about this photo or the story behind the freezing of Niagara Falls where people could walk across the Falls? How cold and how long was it that cold? Almost 100 years ago . . . Can you imagine walking on Niagara Falls?

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Highland Recorder - 17 September 1909

In the Highland Recorder (Monterey, Highland County, Virginia), 17 September 1909, page 1, we find the following advertisement mention concerning a Greenbrier Presbyterial School Military School For Boys, in Lewisburg, West Virginia. [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Cherokee Outlet & Local Ranch History Subject of New Book

by Sandie Olson (Email: sandie.olson@gmail.com) -- Descendants and friends of Cherokee Strip cowpunchers will be interested in a new book, The Vanished Herd, the History of the Cherokee Strip Cowpunchers' Association and the Cattlemen and Drovers of Early-Day Oklahoma, by Jim Fulbright and Albert Stehno.

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