Volume 15 , Issue 3

Duchess of Weaselskin

Today is the day of the second inauguration of our President BArack Obama. I know, 'cause NW Okie has wished many times that she wished she lived nearer to Washington, D.C. so she could be in the crowd.

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Over Hundred Years Ago - 15 February 1912

In The Princeton Union, dated 15 February 1912, page 2, Princeton, Minnesota, we found the following information of Presidential Inaugurations of our past. In February, 1912, they were reporting there were only two pleasant inauguration days in the past fifty years.

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NW Okie's Corner

Have you been watching "The Presidents" on PBS for the last few weeks? This NW Okie has, and has been loving the episodes. The following is an excerpt of the Taylor to Lincoln 1849-1865, and part of the unprecedented eight-part survey of the personal lives and legacies of the remarkable men who have presided over the Oval Office. From George Washington to George W. Bush.

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History of Rockbridge County, Virginia - War of 1861

In chapter XIV of Oren F. Morton's book on History of Rockbridge County, Virginia we learn about the war years in Rockbridge county. When the news of the firing on Fort Sumter reached Washington, president Lincoln called upon Virginia for 2340 men as her quota for enforcing Federal jurisdiction in the seceded territory. The dat of the proclamation was April 17, 1861.

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Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement In Virginia

The Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement In Virginia was extracted front he original court records of Augusta county, Virginia of 1745-1800, by Lyman Chalkley, Dean of the College of Law of Kentucky University, late judge of the county court of Augusta county, Virginia. It was publish by Mary S. Lockwood, honorary Vice-president general, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, and completed in three volumes, copyrighted 1912.

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S. Omar Barker - Cowboy's Christmas Prayer

The following is a comment taken from our Vol. IV Issue of The OkieLegacy that we no longer have archived on our website. Even though it is past Christmas, we still love S. Omar Barker's poem, "Cowboy's Christmas Prayer."

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Carl Shafer Family

Here is another comment from our Vol. IV issuee of the "OkieLegacy" concerning the Carl Shafer family that we received from Karel.

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Camp Trinidad POW (Henning Jess)

We heard from someone interested in Camp Trinidad and she sent us a news clippings of the 1960's written by a Houston, Texas news reporter. She shared that clipping with us.

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Alva Public School Teachers (1906)

This is another story taken from the Vol. IV issue of the OkieLegacy Ezine. About ten years ago I was at the library looking through old microfilms of old newspapers, I ran across a frontpage article, dated Friday, September 14, 1906, in The Alva Weekly Courier, Alva, Oklahoma Territory.

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William Adams Inquiry

Another Vol. IV issue was the following injury concerning William O. Adams born in 1890, married Bertie Belle McDougal, and died in 1922, sent to us by Laura (angel2@humboldt1.com).

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One Today - Richard Blanco

Poet Richard Blanco read "One Today" at the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

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Civil War In Virginia & Stonewall Jackson

This video discusses the Civil War in Virginia. The video focuses on some of the major battles, generals, and themes of the Civil War in Virginia.

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