Volume 17 , Issue 12

NW Okie's Journey

Over a week or so ago we arrived back in Colorado, through Oklahoma and down to Texas after touring the Oregon and California coastline [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Walking With Sadie

Well! NW Okie came back for awhile, and left this picture of the backside of the San Juan Mountains of Colorado [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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100 Years Ago, Tuesday, 26 April 1915

One hundred years ago today, Sunday, 26 April 1915, Monday, The Rock Island Argus, out of Rock Island, Illinois, had the bold front page headlines: "Kaiser and Von Hindenburg Directing Great Battle On User Canal." Below that main headline was: "Rome Belief War Is Sure; Army Ready."

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"Bad Ben" Cravens, Outlaws (1912)

Anyone ever heard of "Ben the Bad'un" (a.k.a. "Bad Ben" Cravens) the last of wild west outlaws? At left, Ben Crede Cravens was starting out for prison with guard. The picture inset in the lower right shows a picture of carves' attorney, "Al" Jennings.

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1916 - Miss Goldie Coldwell Rides Outlaw Horses In Movies

It was in The Day Book, a Chicago, Illinois newspaper dated 1 November 1916, page 27, that we found this article and picture, entitled: "Rides Outlaws For Movies."

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1900, March 31 - Citizens' Posse Attack Outlaws

Back in March, 1900, there was a story in The Coconino Cun, out of Flagstaff, Arizona, dated 31 March 1900, page 12, concerning "Citizens' Posse Attack Outlaws." Two men pursued the outlaws and were killed at their camp.

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1912 - Al J. Jennings Oklahoma Attorney & Former Outlaw

It was 15 May 1912, in Chicago, Illinois The Day Book, that we found this article concerning former outlaw Al J. Jennings who was hanging his lawyer shingle in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma in 1912.

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1915 - Ypres Battle Continues With Germans On Defensive

One hundred years ago today, 28 April 1915, Wednesday, The Daily Ardmoreite had the following front page headlines: "Ypres Battle Continues, With Germans On Defensive." Allies were attacking teutons in great for e, and both sides were making official claims of heavy losses among the enemy.

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