Volume 18 , Issue 11

NW Okie's Journey

60 years ago, Mildred Ann "Annie" (Newlin) Reynolds died 13 March 1956, 1:40 p.m. at the age of 22. Annie, as many knew her, was the daughter of Ernest & Marie (Schroder) Newlin. Annie was born December 25, 1933, Lambert, Oklahoma. Recently Lacey Newlin submitted an article compiled of research she had done on her relative, Annie Newlin Reynolds to the "Cherokee Messenger & Republican," a Cherokee, Oklahoma newspaper, entitled: "Ann Newline Reynolds" Death Still A Mystery 60 Years Later. It gives us a more personal insight into who Ann Newlin Reynolds was and the family around her, even 60 years after her death.

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Walking With Sweet Silly Sadie

Woof! Woof! Here we are again in Northwest Oklahoma doing research on 19th century outlaws. This time it is an article concerning "Zip Wyatt Sinking Fast," as seen in The Langston City Herald, Langston, Oklahoma Territory, 17 August 1895, Saturday, page 2.

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1879 - Colorado Railroad Situation

As mentioned in The Emporia Weekly News, Emporia, Kansas, dated 25 July 1879, Friday, page 1, "The Colorado Railroad Situation" ... So many law suits have grown out of the Santa Fe and Rio Grande railroads in Colorado during that time, and so rapidly too. It was very difficult to comprehend the exact situation of affairs. As the news reported it, they understood the matter, all the positions of the Santa Fe were in a fair way to be sustained by the courts,a nd the question the disputed possession of the Rio Grande property was already decided in their favor.

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1937 - St. Patrick's Day In America

"The top o' the mornin' to you." 17th March is St. patrick's Day and besides the wearin' o' the green by Irish folks throughout the Nation, the popular salutation, or greeting was "the top o' the mornin' to you."

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1907 - Alva And Woods County Division

It was in the Guthrie Daily Leader, Guthrie, Oklahoma, dated 6 June 1907, Thursday, page 5, that we found the following headlines: "Alva And Woods County Division." This has to do with the division of Woods "M" County into smaller counties and written by "One Who Knows."

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1903 - Territories League In Oklahoma And Indian Territories

Let us go back to 1903 September 24th, Thursday, page 7 of the Muskogee Phoenix, Muskogee, Oklahoma, to look into the effort to organize baseball circuit in Oklahoma and Indian Territories.

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1905 - Oklahoma & Indian Territory Should Be Admitted As One State

It was in The Salina Evening Journal, Salina, Kansas, dated 4 September 1905, Monday, page 2, we found this reported news article concerning Indian and Oklahoma Territory, "Should Be Admitted As One State."

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