Volume 16 , Issue 30

NW Okie's Journey

Besides walking the trails up at the Vallecito Campground, at the north end of Vallecito Reservoir, I have decided to catch some sky, clouds, trees, creeks and rock images for future watercolor projects so I can study them and see exactly how I want to proceed further.

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Walking With Sadie

Have any of your little dog friends ever had a right-hind toe-nail ripped and hanging loose? This Sadie Pug did a few days ago. After a trip to the Vet, I am walking easier now. My human has been soaking my affected foot in warm epsom salt for the last few days, since the Vet cut the hanging toenail back.

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100 Years Ago 09 September 1914

It was one hundred years ago, 7 September 1914, that President Wilson, in good conscience and with a heart full of deep confidence, sent word of cheer to the American workers on Labor Day.

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History of D (Dewey) County Oklahoma

Some of you Oklahomans probably did not realize that the area along State Highway 34, near Dewey County (also known as D county), was created from the former Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation after it was opened to non-Indian settlers, 19 April 1892, in Oklahoma Territory.

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The Dalton brothers & Dalton Gang

The Dalton brothers, there were ten of them, will always be remembered for the misdeeds of the four bad ones, Grat, Bob, Emmett, and Bill. They rode across the Cherokee Strip a Century ago and provided a never-ending source of stories for the news papers of the day.

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1895, Outlaw Dies In Jail

According to The News Herald, 12 September 1895, page 3, we find this short little article: Outlaw Dies In Jail. Some might remember Zip Wyatt (alias Dick Yeager), leader of an outlaw band that succeeded the famous Dalton gang in Oklahoma Territory.

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Feb. 1908, Woodward Wins Land Office

According to The Beaver Herald, 20 February 1908, page 8, we find this little tidbit concerning a fight for a land office between Alva and Woodward. The news article reported on that date that Woodward wins land office.

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1903, Outlines of Oklahoma

Little tidbits found in The Wichita Daily Eagle, 3 June 1903, page 4, concerning happenings in Oklahoma Territory.

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1914, September, Peace Hope Gone In Colorado Fields

In that same Weekly Journal-Miner, dated 9 September 1914, front page, was this little snippet: Peace Hope Gone In Colorado Fields.

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1914 No Hope For Men Entombed In Dawson Mine

In that same front page of the Weekly Journal-Miner, dated 9 September 1914, there was mentioned: No Hope For Men Entombed In Dawson Mine, in Dawson, Oklahoma.

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