Volume 14 , Issue 30

Duchess of Weaselskin

The late afternoon monsoons continue here in Southwest corner of Colorado. South of Durango a few miles near the Animas Airpark a lightning spark started a fire that burned over 500 acres.

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100 Years Ago Today - 23 July 1912

One hundred years ago today, 23 July 1912, out of Medford, Oregon, the Medford Mail Tribune, we discover more about the "Bull Moose" party and Colonel Teddy Roosevelt.

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NW Okie's Corner

Does anyone out there know when most of the trees were planted on the grounds of the "Castle On the Hill" (also known as Northwestern Normal School), in Alva, Woods county, Oklahoma Territory?

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Pendleton County, (West) Virginia - Period of Indian War

This week we discover more about the History of Pendleton County, (West) Virginia, written in the early 1900's by Oren Frederick Morton. This week we take on more of the history of the "Period of Indian War" in that region. I know we have talked about Virginia and the Indian Wars in the colonies before, because back then Virginia and West Virginia were not divided into two states and one in the same.

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20 June 1873 Tidbits Of News

We take you back to the Summer of 1873, and to the news that appeared in The Daily State Journal, out of Richmond, Virginia, Friday evening, 20 June 1873, Vo. V, No. 191.

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Summer of 1873 - White Sulphur Springs Surroundings

In The Daily State Journal, of Richmond, Virginia, dated 20 June 1873, page 1, there was an article concerning the surroundings of White Sulphur Springs, written by a New York traveling correspondent that mentioned on June 19th gave the readers a complete description of the surroundings of this popular and favored resort, and the adjacent resources for enjoyment and pleasure.

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Senators In 1873 Virginia Return Back Pay

How many times do we talk about Congressmen returning their back pay? In the Summer of June, 1873, there was an article. "Senators Who Have Returned Their Back pay, concerning just that sentiment, in The Daily State Journal, dated 20 June 1873.

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1912 - Women of Ohio Seek Aid In Fight For Vote

In the Medford Mail Tribune, 23 July 1912, via Pasadena, California, there was an article concerning a women of Ohio seeking aid in fight for the vote.

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Special B-17 & Her Crew In 1943

Remembering back to 1943 and World War II, we received this information from Homer Hawkins concerning the Special B-17 and her crew in 1943. It was a mid-air collision of 1 February 1943, between a B-17 and a German fighter over the Tunis dock area, became the subject of one of the most famous photographs of World War II.

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