Volume 17 , Issue 20

NW Okie's Journey

With rain and floods in Southern Oklahoma I by-passed I35 from Dallas to Oklahoma and took an alternate route through Weatherford, Texas into southwest Oklahoma last week because of the rock slides at the Arbuckle mountains and flooding along I35, southern Oklahoma.

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Walking With Sadie

Woof! Woof! We begin our weekly column with a view of the Columbines blooming at the North end of Vallecito Lake, in Southwest Colorado. But ... we finish with a few video stories we found concerning the Doolin Gang.

Our research this week finds three video stories of the century - The Doolin Gang (1 of 3). It was a favorite TV western series of the 1950's. An anthology of the Old West's greatest outlaws based on newspaper clippings. We don't know how adequate it is, or embellished it was for the TV series. Hope you enjoy!

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On This Day, 22 June

It was on this day in 1944, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the G.I. Bill, an unprecedented act of legislation designed to compensate returning members of the armed services, known as GIs, for their efforts in World War II.

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Parker County, Texas Courthouse

As I was traveling thru Texas (I20 to Weatherford, Texas), I got caught at this stop light with a view of an outstanding white limestone courthouse structure that sets in the center square, at a roundabout, in Weatherford, Texas (Parker County Courthouse). They do not build magnificent structures like these anymore, do they?

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A Tragic Episode of Early Life In Texas, Cynthia Anne Parker - by Gen. George P. Alford, 1890

The Phillipsburg Herald, out of Phillipsburg, Kansas, dated 18 September 1890, page 6, had the following story of "Cynthia Ann Parker - A Tragic Episode of Early Life In Texas," as written by Gen. George P. Alford.

In 1833 a small colony was formed in Illinois, moved to the then Mexican province of Texas, and settled in a beautiful and fertile region on the Navasota River, about two miles from the present city of Grosbeak, the county seat of Limestone county.

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Cynthia Anne Parker - by J. M. Emerson, 1909

According to the Palestine Daily Herald, of Palestine, Texas, dated 14 April 1909, page, 6, we found a story of Cynthia Anne Parker as written by J. M. Emerson, of Brushy Creek, Texas, 12 April 1909, and continued the story in the June 2, 1909 issue of the Palestine Daily Herald.

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Quanah Parker (1897)

It was The Record-Union, out of Sacramento, California, dated 3 September 1897, page 6, we found this interesting headline: "Quanah Parker, Romantic Origin of the Famous comanche Chief."

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The Comanches

The Comanches are a Native American tribe from the Great Plains whose historic territory, known as Comancheria, consisted of present day eastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, western Oklahoma, and most of northwest Texas. The Comanche people are federally recognized as the Comanche Nation, headquartered in Lawton, Oklahoma.

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Quanah Parker - He's Heap Big Indian

In the Los Angels Herald, dated Sunday, December 11, 1892, page 10, we find the "Strange Life History of Quanah Parker." A power among the comanches, Quanah Parker was the son of a white woman who was captured by the Indians and compelled to marry a chief. Quanah was a half breed of great ability.

As the 1892 newspaper reported: "The story of Quanah Parker and his comanches of their last long struggle with the whites, their pacification, settlement on Red River and subsequent development, is as interesting as any episode in Indian history.

The intrigues among the aspirants for power, the interference of United States officers and the final complete ascendency of the most talented is but the old story of Greek and Trojan prices, highland clans and French feudatories over again. Human nature worked the same, but ...

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