Volume 14 , Issue 25

NW Okie's Corner

With the sunny, semi-cool weather, I have dug out my bicycle and in the process of rejuvenating it, fixing gears, brakes, wheels, etc. so I can get some exercise for this "ole lady." Come with me on YouTube.com and take a ride along County Road 500, at Vallecito Reservoir to see what my neck of the woods it like.



Besides getting my exercise with my bike, I have also been learning how to pick out "rolls" on my banjo with my right hand. I have only begun the banjo, so no musical repertoire of recognizable songs is being played here. It is turning out to be a slow process of learning the picking, tuning and care of the banjo. No fast picking for this old lady, yet! I will leave that to my youngest son!

We are continuing with history of Highland, Virginia this week with mention of the agricultural in the valleys of Highland.

We also ran across the mention of the January 1884 lynching of E. D. Atchinson, near Vanderpool, Virginia. Here are the links to our OkieLegacy Archives concerning the January 1884 lynching:

1. 1884 Lynching In Monterey, Vol. 11, Iss. 41, 2009-10-12
2. The Good With the Bad Ancestry Stories, Vol. 13, Iss. 16, 2011-04-18
3. Lynching In Monterey, Vol. 13, Iss. 46, 2011-11-14
4. 1884 Lynching In Monterey, Vol. 14, Iss. 20, 2012-05-14

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