No Man's Land
This week's epistle, as some would say, concerns some
history of "No Mans Land," tidbits and pictures of Slapout
(aka Nye), southeast corner of Beaver County, easterly part
of the Oklahoma Panhandle, along highway 270.
Slapout, OK Minnesota Snow"Greetings from Minnesota, I was enjoying reading about the snow in Atlanta, I have a niece there and she said they were iced in for three days. I thought that just happened in our north country. We had 36 inches of snow in December and three weeks of deep freeze. [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe No Mans Land..."I have a book checked out 'Fifty years on the owl hoot trail' about the life of Jim Herron, the first sheriff of that area. There is a lot of early history about 1880 - 1910. I enjoy your web page." -- wc osborn, xtexbill@tanet.net [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Gas PricesHi, Just a short note to let you know that the cheapest gas prices I have seen around Sacramento, CA is around 1.55. [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Lost Trails of the Cimarron, by Harry E. ChrismanHarry Chrisman was a newspaper reporter from Liberal, Kansas, and the author of Fifty Years on the Owl Hoot Trail, Ladder of Rivers, Tales of the Western Heartland, and 1,001 Most Asked Questions about the American West. [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Black-eyed Peas Tradition...
"Linda,
I've heard the tradition of black-eye peas for New Years came from
after the Civil War. Southerners didn't have a lot left after the
war. Lots of foodstuffs used up or wasted, besides what the Yanks
took. The black-eye pea crops were usually fed to livestock, but wasn't
a lot of livestock left. (Drove away or stole away) So they cooked
what they had. black-eye peas, smoked hams (hidden away), cornbread
and greens and were glad of it." Susan Bradford, smcb@email.com Downtown AlvaWould not swear there were not other Monfort apartments, but there used to be apartments upstairs of most of the two-storied buildings around the square. Above the old Monfort Drug Store, located on the southwest corner of the square, in addition to apartments there were doctor and dentist offices. As I recall, Dr Simon, Dr Shephard, and Dr Ritchey had offices there. Above the Schumacher Drug Store, Hadwiger Law Offices were located. [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe New Year Traditions"Linda, We started the year with our black-eyed peas, ham and posole. The peas and ham are required as tradition of my mother-in-law. Was required in Alabama, where she was born, so at least in our household, it is an old southern tradition. The posole and menudo is more traditional of New Mexico, but we forgo the menudo!" [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Warren's & The Little Red WagonWell, you've done it again. Your latest epistle has jogged the old memory cells again. First, was pleased to be able to see the picture of Alvin and Naomi Paris. Boy, did that take me back. As I have mentioned before, we lived next door to them when I was very young, and played with Stan and Lynn around the old Armory... Another memory, Naomi 'Warren' Paris's parents lived across the street west of Alvin's, and Mr Warren was the Alva Fire Chief for many years. She also had brother's, I believe named Stan and Galen. After the war, I believe, it was Galen who had a business called 'The Little Red Wagon'. This was one of the old panel type trucks with a bell on the front, in which he carried 'basic groceries.' We had a card that we would put in the window to signal a stop, or we would go out and flag him down to make purchases. This beat a trip 'all the way to town' to buy one or two items. Enough of my rambling reminiscences for now. You are possibly aware of much of this information, but you jogged my old memories. Thanks again, for the memories." -- Marvin, figment1@htg.net [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe OU / FSU
Thanks, Lou, Memories"Hi, Linda! Thanks for a wonderful year of fun and old times!! I enjoy your newsletter very much. I, too indulge in black-eyed peas for New Year's. Somewhere I had heard that if you eat Corned beef, cabbage, black-eyed peas and cornbread on New Year's Eve, you will be prosperous the rest of the year. I don't remember indulging in Black eyed peas specifically on New Year's Day as a youngster, so I was surprised this year when my mom told me she had eaten her traditional black eyed peas. Even though we are 700 miles apart, it made me feel like I had shared dinner with her. Thanks for the memories, Linda." -- Sharon [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe
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