Spring Sunsets
Earlier this week thunder clouds and wind roared across the heartland. We have been experiencing a warming trend here in the valley south of Bayfield, Colorado after we received a thin layer of snow cover here in the SW Colorado valley, Tuesday, April 24, 2007. Growing Up In OklahomaWe are in the process of taking down Kenneth Updike's stories and ramblings of "Growing Up In Oklahoma" because Kenneth asked us, "To remove all of my previous writings to you about my Ramblins [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Route 66 - The Mother Road
John Steinbeck once said, "66 is the mother road, the road of flight." The Okies knew it as the "glory road." AND... Because it went through so many towns, it became the "Main Street of America." January 11, 1924 - Rural PhilosophyI found this interesting column in The Alva Record, Alva, Oklahoma, dated Friday, January 11, 1924 [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe 1910 - State Capital Removal
Oklahoma's Statehood papers and through the Enabling Act of 1906 made Guthrie, Oklahoma the state capital until at least 1913. OkieLegacy Centennial Moment
"I found this 1907 Centennial moment in the The Oklahoman, dated November 16, 1907, pg.2. The headlines read as follows: "Calls Indians To Conference" with sub-headlines of "Tribal Heads Go To Washington To Plan for Governmental Changes." Graupel (What Is It?)"It is not often that someone my age learns something entirely new [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Oklahoma Panhandle History"Enid was WINDY!!!!! We were there so that we could attend my Goltry High School Alumni Banquet on Saturday night, 21st (April) [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Merger of Oklahoma & Indian Territory"Your story on the merger of the Indian and Oklahoma Territories into one state was great! I had heard that Governor C [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Knowles, OK (1910-1920) WOLF & LOMAN"Linda, I'll let you condense whatever information you like [more]... | View or Add Comments (1 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe 1903 - Shawnee Canning Factory[Taken from The Okahoman, dated Feb [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe 1903 - Clerks In A Union[Taken from The Okahoman, dated Feb [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe 1903 - Butterfly Kid In Hock[Taken from The Okahoman, dated Feb [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe 1903 - Copper In Woods County, OK[Taken from The Okahoman, dated Feb [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe 1903 - A Serious Runaway[Taken from The Okahoman, dated Feb [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe 1903 - Lawton To Wichita Falls Railway[Taken from The Okahoman, dated Feb [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe 1903 - To Cure A Cold In One Day[Taken from The Okahoman, dated Feb [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe
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