Volume 15 , Issue 16

NW Okie's Corner

We found this article written by Henry Marx, a French Poet, "To Be Unhappy is To Blame Life Unjustly." It was published in the Aberdeen Herald, 1 April 1913, page 2. Whether this is true ... or NOT! That is up to only you to decide. You be the judge.

[more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

---

One Hundred Years Ago - 22 April 1913

One hundred years ago today, 22 April, the following article appeared in The Tulsa Daily World, 22 April 1913, Tuesday, with the front page headlines, "Will Pass The Bill Over Veto." Governor Cruce returned a measure abolishing state enforcement officer. Solons were getting even. Pet office of chief executive was doomed for destruction.

[more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

---

Duchess of Weaselskin

This Duchess of Weaselskin is going to keep her column short this week. We have one more video of the Raccoon shenanigans at the Raccoon Diner, that occurred 19 April 2013, 11:38pm, MDT, at the North end of Vallecito Reservoir, North of Bayfield, Colorado.




[more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

---

WWII POW - Karl Friedrich Koenig

Perhaps there are still some WWII old-timers who might remember Karl Friedrich "Charlie" Koenig was a POW in Oklahoma. Koenig said, "I liked the people here, I liked the way they lived, you know, they were open-minded and friendly."

In the News On 6,newson6.com article, by Scott Thompson, they reported that Koenig, who calls himself Charlie, joined the Germany army when he was 18 years old, and spent 2 1/2 weeks of his time as a POW at the Watson ranch, that Fred Watson (doctor, oilman and rancher) had down near Pumpkin Center, in Okmulgee county, Oklahoma.

[more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

---

Santa Fe Trail & Cimarron Cutoff

As we traveled westward along highway 64, reaching the east edge of Clayton, New Mexico, we came across this historical marker concerning the Santa Fe Trail & Cimarron Cutoff.

[more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

---

A Prairie Home Companion Radio Show

Remember When . . . A Prairie Home Companion was a live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. It ran on Saturdays rom 5 to 7pm, Central Time, originating form the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It frequently took to the road.

[more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

---

Women Gaining Greater Freedom

This article was found in the Aberdeen Herald, April 01, 1913, page two, "Women Gaining Greater Freedom," by Inez Milholland, a society girl and suffragist.

[more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

---

Indian Mounds To Be Dug Up (04/20/1913)

One hundred years, April 1913, sunday, The Tulsa Daily World, page 16, was reporting: "Indian Mounds To Be Dug Up." Professor Rogers arrived at Claremore to start exploration work back then. It was reported as a "Great Scientific Work," armed with chart supposed to show inner buildings of Ancient pile of stone.

[more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

---

Clayton, New Mexico

This is the official scenic historic marker, West edge of Clayton, New Mexico, with information about Clayton.

[more]...   |  View or Add Comments (1 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

---