Volume 6 , Issue 20

Did You Know...

Waynoka, Oklahoma had plans for a Waynoka Lake Project of 1956? Looking through the '56 newspaper archives, we found out that the Waynoka Lake plans were to be located 14 miles south of Waynoka on Gyp Creek. The lake plan was approved by the state fish and game commission Monday and announced by Ben Easterly (State Senator).

It was known as "Waynoka Lake", but members of the commission voted to name it "Lake Tankersley" after Don Tankersley, Oklahoma City member of the commission. While the commission was waiting for approval by the federal fish and wild life services, the commission had already spent $8,000 for land and engineering on the project and the lake was expected to cost an estimated $85,000. 25% of the cost would have been paid by the state and 75% by the federal government.

We understand from some sources that this Lake Tankersley never materialized. What haulted the progress? Did the Commission sell the land and recoup the money they had already put into it? Was it never approved by the Federal Fish and Wild Life service?

Someone wrote in the other day wanting to know more information about when the Oklahoma Chimney rock finally fell down. Do we have anyone out there with a better memory than mine? I've been trying to search it for a date, but it escapes me at the moment.

They were also wanting to know more about the Waynoka Rattlesnake Hunt of 2004. Does anyone out there have some photos of the rattlesnake hunt this year that they would like to share with us? Thanks in advance.

"Woof! Woof! Oakie, I'm still and need some petting! Where's the country and the horses?" Duchess says trying to get my attention. That Pug is trying to take over again. AND... she is ready to head out of this Urban environment. It's time to go check horses. Hush, Duchess! We'll get out of here later. Just let me finish up a few things around here first. I won't be long.

Duchess has been complaining lately because I called her a suitcase farmer. That was just after we did some checking online and found mention of Sidewalk Suitcase Farmers. Are you wondering what, who were considered Sidewalk Suitcase Farmers? We found out that Sidewalk Suitcase Farmers travel back and forth between the Urban and Rural areas taking care of their sidewalk suitcase farms to rekindle a sense of their rural identity while enjoying the benefits of other incomes in the urban environments. Isn't that what allows most families to continue their long relationships with the ancestral farm, which may have been in the family for generations?

Duchess is a farm Pug and doesn't take to the urban life that much. Lately, she has been bugging me while I sit here writing this week's newsletter. It's as if she is trying to tell me, "Shut-down that dang 'puter and lets go check horses! Woof! woof! Get me to the Country... Right Now! "

Okay! Okay, Duchess! BUT... before we head out of here for a country weekend, we need to leave our readers with a couple of "Old handwritten recipes" that we found in our Home Comfort Cook Book. Lemon Hollandaise sauce and Oatmeal Cake. We are still working on the Home Comfort Hints, but don't have them scanned into our computer yet. Stayed tuned, though!

"Work like you don't need money!
Love like you've never been hurt!
Dance like no one's watching!"

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