Volume 14 , Issue 20

Duchess of Weaselskin

My sidekick Pug, Lady Sadie, has been honing up on her stalking the little ground squirrels and chipmunks here in Southwest Colorado Rockies. Sadie has not caught one of those teasing ground squirrels and chipmunks yet, but Sadie sure has sharpened, refined her stalking pose as shown in the photo on the left.

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100 Years Ago Today - 14 May 1912

Last week the Library of congress, Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers was down for maintenance, but thank goodness they are back up this week. Here are some headlines we found on the front page of The Washington Times, dated Washington, Tuesday evening, May 14, 1912: "Testimony As Produced At Excise Hearing," Spectators At Meat Hearing Prevent Fight," "Colonel, With Taft In Wake, Talks To Ohio," and a cartoon by Robert Carter entitled, "I am being hit below the belt."

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NW Okie's Corner

It has been these cool, Spring Rocky Mountain days that gets me working outside, laying in my hammock, listening to the running of Weaselskin creek, and soaking up the shady sunshine of the Southwest Rockies of Colorado. The photo on the left is one of those outside projects that I have been working on and is still a work in progress getting it ready to plant some wildflowers and other plantings after the last hard freeze comes through Southwest Colorado.

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Highland County Virginia - Highland Soldiers

In researching more history of Highland County, Virginia we find that the men of Highland birth or residence had fought in several American wars with honor and with no little loss of life and limb.

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May 14, 1912 - Roosevelt Scored By Pres. Taft In Ohio

Across the North American continent, on the West Coast, The Call, San Francisco, Tuesday, May 14, 1912, The Republican Primary campaign for President was experiencing the accusatory campaign rhetoric being thrown by President Taft at Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.

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Swamp Pop And Rhythm & Blues Of 1950's

Were you a teenager of the 1950's? Do you remember a Louisiana (white) cajun, Bobby Charles who made his debut in 1955? He was more successful as a songwriter than a singer. Bobby Charles was an important contributor to Louisiana Swamp Pop and Rhythm & Blues music. He's authored several hits for key artists in the early days of "Rock & Roll" (including Bill Haley and Fats Domino). Although he recorded mostly in obscurity, he emerged as one of the founding fathers of "Swamp Pop." Charles' song, See You Later Alligator, was based on a 12-bar blues chord structure, written by this Louisiana songwriter, Robert Charles Guidry.

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Carmen Home Orphanage

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Home Comfort Range Model #DA-140520

OkieLegacy Ezine, concerning the Home Comfort Range, Model #DA-140520, brought this comment from Lorrie, who is looking for help in finding a price valuation on this range. Lorrie says, "PLEASE HELP!!! I have the Home Comfort Range Model DA-140520 and have a buyer. My problem is I have no idea what it is worth. Anyone have any idea or where I can be directed on line to obtain the value? Thanks!"

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1884 Lynching In Monterey, Virginia

It always amazes me when I hear back on an OkieLegacy features in our archives. This comment was made by Kevin Fansler who replied to our feature story in Vol. 13, Iss. 16, dated 2011-04-18, concerning "Learning Good With the Bad Ancestrial Stories."

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