Volume 15 , Issue 5

Duchess of Weaselskin

As January ended this last week and February began, we saw mainly sunshine and our shadows in the mornings. What did your groundhog stand-in see last Saturday, February 2, 2013? Did Punxzatawney Phil in your neck of the woods, see his shadow? Did he predict six more weeks of Winter or Spring?

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One Hundred Years Ago - Tuesday, 4 February 1913

One hundred years ago today, Tuesday, 4 February 1913, if you picked up your newspaper (The Tacoma Times, Tacoma, Washington, you might read in the headlines that "rebels Slay 22 Persons," "Father Makes Bombs That Sends His Own Daughter To Death," "Miners In A Free For All Fight," "Girl Swears She Was Held Gypsy Slave," "Income Tax Is Approved By Senate," and "Did Millionaire Beach, Society Leader Slash his wife's Throat? If He did Why Did He Do It?"

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NW Okie's Corner

This week we bring you more of the 2002 OkieLegacy archives, Vol. IV, to add to our OkieLegacy database with information concerning Lookout, Oklahoma, Day Creek School District 24 and Alva National Bank of Alva, Oklahoma.

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History of Rockbridge County, Virginia - Extracts From Newspapers

We continue with the "History of Rockbridge county, Virginia" and its part in the War of 1861, by continuing with "Extracts From Newspapers from 1861 to 1864 via Oren F. Morton's book, "history of Rockbridge County, Virginia."

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NYC's Grand Central Terminal - 1913

Did you know that New York City's Grand Central Terminal had its grand opening 100 years ago? We found this advertisement in several newspapers dating back to Wednesday, 19 February 1913. In the El Paso Herald, out of El Paso, Texas, on page 11, in the Mining and Society Section, this is the advertisement or story concerning the "New Grand Central Terminal The Heart of New York City."

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NW Oklahoma Black Settlement (Mid-1900)

Did you know that Northwest Oklahoma had a black settlement? The following is from one of our issues of Vol. IV, 2002 of "The OkieLegacy."

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Old Fort Supply Postcards

Back in 2002 I spent a week rummaging through old postcards, finding some Old Fort Supply, Oklahoma penny postcards dated around 1908. It was sent from a fellow named T. Lowe (alleged cousin to Constance Warwick).

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Bert Louthan & Belle Cokerham Story

Here is another Vol. IV article that appeared in our OkieLegacy ezine back in 2002, that we are adding to our database archives. I thought it important to put in our database archives for those searching genealogy of the Louthan's and Cokerham's.

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Green Valley School

Want to know more about the Green Valley School? This appeared in our OkieLegacy Ezine, Vol. IV, 2002. We thought it worth saving to our "OkieLegacy" database concerning the Old Green Valley School, as shared by Rod Murrow over ten years ago.

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Geneva Lucille Paris Smith (1928-2002)

My journey during February, 2002, took me to the small community of Seiling and Chester, Oklahoma, in Major County, to celebrate the life, legacy and memories of my mother's younger sister, Geneva Lucille Paris Smith. Aunt Geneva had passed away 15 February 2002, Friday evening, in Fairview, Oklahoma, but her legacy was to be remembered by her family, friends whose lives she touched during her 74 years and 10 days, back in February, 2002.

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Old Oil Fields & Dance Halls

Back in 2002, one of my readers was looking for information and documentation concerning the old oil fields around Osage county. Does anyone out there have any documentation of these old oil fields in Osage County?

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Memories of Alva (Oklahoma)

Another one of my readers sent me some of her fond memories of growing up around Alva. Genevieve (Cook) and her family used to live across the street north of us when we lived at 703 7th Street (Alva, Oklahoma). There were three in their family (two girls and one boy). We would play in their yard and they would play basketball, hula hoops, etc... over in our yard. By the way... Do you remember when hula hoops first came out and you could buy them for under a dollar?

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Old Alva Depot Buggy Ride

OK! Ten years ago (2002) we asked, "Who Is This Young Couple in the early days of Alva, Oklahoma Territory?" We still do not know who is in this picture. We suspect it might be a McGill relative of some sort! Does it ring a bell with anyone?

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1902 - Outlaws Died With Boots On

Have you ever heard of the notorious outlaws of 1902, Bert Casey and Sims? They were suppose to be Oklahoma notorious outlaws during the early years of the 1900's. How notorious were they really?

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