Volume 12 , Issue 41

Duchess Mtn Domain

Guess who is late as she is traveling "On the Road" gathering Okie Legacy tidbits as she surmounts obstacles along the eastward pass over Wolf Creek. Leaving us engaging, lovable and adorable Pugs up here in the cool, Rocky mountains of Southwest Colorado. Shall I profess how much we miss her and miss laying on her lap? OR . . . shall I torment her and let her think we do not miss her that much! I know she misses us!

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Home Comfort Cookbook - Soup Recipes

Last week we offered our readers some hints of "soups" and "Chowders" from the Wrought Iron Range, 1934 Home Comfort cookbook. Does anyone out there love a bit of "creole" (soup, that is) from time to time? The following recipe for "Creole Soup" came from our Home Comfort cookbook. This is how our ancestors were making creole soup in the 1930s. BUT . . . Wait! Where is the shrimp and other seafood that we might expect in creole today?

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Ramblings & Rumblings With NW Okie

Here it is twelve days into October 2010 and you can find snow on the tops of the mountains at the Wolf Creek Ski resort. I am not a snow skier, but I do love the Winters in the Rockies! Actually, I love being snowed-in and a cozy, warm fire in the fireplace. It will not be long now! For Winter and Snow ski season is just around the corner for some.

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WWII Memorial - 2nd Lt. Leland D. Jewell

Summary -- Jewel Death by Propeller Contact, Galveston Army Air Field Here is another death of a serviceman, 2nd Lt. Leland D. Jewell, whose death by propeller contact, occurred November 17, 1943, at Galveston Army Air Field.

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WWII Memorial - Death by Friendly Fire

January 16, 1944, Staff Sergeant Elmo A. Hagen, Gunnery Instructor, dies by friendly fire, on a high altitude formation gunnery training mission over the Bay area, near Galveston, Texas.

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Castle On the Hill - OK Moments

Do you subscribe to OK Moments brought to you by COX On Demand, an Oklahoma Magazine and the Oklahoma History Center? It gives you a daily insight into the Oklahoma spirit and a glimpse into the past.

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This Day In History - 12 October

Just celebrating a three-day weekend in honor of Columbus Day, we find it appropriate to bring you some insight into Columbus' sailing across the Atlantic Ocean.

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The Genographic Project - Human Migration, Population Genetics, Maps, DNA

My youngest nephew sent me this link to The Genographic Project -- Human Migration, Population Genetics, Maps, DNA - National Geographic.

Do we really know where we come from? How did we get to where we live today? DNA studies suggest that all humans today descend from a group of African ancestors who began a remarkable journey about 60,000 years ago.

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Chronicles of Oklahoma & Naming of Alva

Did you receive your latest Volume of The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume LXXXVIII, Number two, Summer 2010?

There are some interesting bits of history in there concerning the naming of Alva, Oklahoma; Transcontinental Crossroads: Oklahoma's lighted Airways in 1930s; Chitto Harjo and the Snake Rebellion; Fred Harris's New Populism and the Demise of Heartland Liberalism.

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