Volume 10 , Issue 13

March 2008 Ending & April Beginning

With the end of March 2008 upon us and going out like a lamb, we see the signs of Spring blooming all around us and Northwest Oklahoma is finishing up its Annual Rattle snake Hunt in Waynoka, Oklahoma. Did you make it to Waynoka's Annual Rattlesnake Hunt this year?

My son sent me some pictures of the fruitless pear trees growing in my yard on the corner of 12th & Maple Street, in Alva, Oklahoma. Wild turkeys are strutting their stuff in Colorado and other parts of the USA. AND... the green grasses are getting thicker and taller in the pasture.

Suzanne in Arizona bought a Castle on the Hill Plate that was allegedly painted by on E. Hollen. Who was E. Hollen? Is the image on the plate painted or just transferred off of a 1910 postcard of the "Castle on the Hill?"

If anyone has any information concerning this Castle On the Hill Plate and E. Hollen, please share your information with us. Thanks!

As to the Alva Bullfight of July 4, 1948... that occurred about 6 months after I was born. The Barker Brothers, Jim & Bill, have submitted some memories of that bullfight below in the "Mailbag" section. If you have a story concerning that 1948 bullfight in Alva, Oklahoma or any other bullfights that may have occurred or any old pictures of the bullfight, we would love to hear from you and include them in our OkieLegacy Ezine.

Have a Happy April Fool's Day and a Happy Birthday to Bud Clark of Alva, Oklahoma. We shall be there on April 6th. Maybe even Duchess, Sadie and Nugget (Alias, Trigger).
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