Volume 15 , Issue 6

Duchess of Weaselskin

Our weekend in Southwest Colorado Rockies has been snowy and it was still coming down with that white, fluffy snow in between the sun trying to break through the clouds this morning, but by afternoon we had sunshine. We measured the snow stump this morning at 8:45a.m. at 8-½ inches since last evenings accumulation. Nothing like New England's Nor'easter, though.

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One Hundred Years Ago - 11 February 1913

One hundred years ago today, 11 February 1913, the big headlines news in the New York Tribune, Tuesday, from New York, NY, was the death in the Antarctic of Captain Scott and four of his men. They had attained the South Pole only a year before (1912) after Amundsen and were on return journey when overtaken by a great blizzard. It was reported that they may have starved in the snows.

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NW Okie's Corner

We are still doing Winter-cleaning of our archives and extracting some items to add to our "OkieLegacy" database. This week we bring you some interesting pictures of McGill Bros Furniture, that was located on Barnes Avenue, 600 block (where Smith dentistry is today), south side of the street, and taken around 1910-1911.

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History of Rockbridge County, Virginia - 1868-1917

This week we continue our "History of Rockbridge County, Virginia," as written, compiled by Oren F. Morton during the part of the 1900's. We shall see the progress during the period, and how local politics affected Rockbridge county. We shall learn what the economic and social changes that the citizens of Rockbridge county, Virginia went through.

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Black Hand Letters of 1910

Back in 2002, when we were researching the "Old Opera House Death of Mabel Oakes" (9 November 1910) we found some interesting bit of evidence used in the trial of Justice N. L. Miller. It concerned some "Black Hand letters" that Mabel Oakes had received while she was alive.

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New Opera House Postcard

The New Opera House was located at 612-614th Flynn St., in Alva, Woods county, Oklahoma. Back in 2002 one our OkieLegacy Ezine readers sent me the following concerning the New and Old Opera Houses locations in Alva, Oklahoma.

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Scott Cummins - Pilgrim Bard

The following concerning Scott Cummins, the Pilgrim Bard of Northwest Oklahoma, appeared in Vol. 4, 2002, of The OkieLegacy Ezine and was furnished to the OkieLegacy Ezine by a descendant of Scott Cummins.

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Nescatunga, Comanche County, Kansas

Nescatunga was located in Comanche county, Kansas, at Latitude 371415N, Longitude 0991307W. It was the second town in the county. Nescatunga had a good location, none not even its enemies would deny. The following information was found in the Nescatunga Enterprise, published in 1886, Coldwater, Comanche county, Kansas.

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Ashley & Short Springs

Back in 2002, The OkieLegacy, Vol. 4, had the following information and research concerning Ashley and Short Springs, located in Northwest Oklahoma.

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"Two Wolves" by Unknown Indian Author

An old Indian Grandfather said to his grandson who came to him with anger at a friend who had done him an injustice: "Let me tell you a story. I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do. But hate wears you down, and does not hurt your enemy. It is like taking poison and wishing your enemy would die. I have struggled with these feelings many times.

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Old Fairvalley Building

I need your help again! This building no longer stands out at Fairvalley, Oklahoma. Just like all the other buildings, it is only a ghost at Fairvalley, in northwest Oklahoma. They are an image only in an old photograph or a memory in some pioneer's mind, writings.

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Early Day Baseball Team

What university baseball team is this? This picture shows six baseball players seated down front. [Click Here to see larger view].

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Neuman Boys Choir

We dug out another old photo that appeared in The OkieLegacy Ezine, Vol. 4, in 2002. It shows Fred Neuman in the suit with his boys choir. We have included the names of some of those in the photo of Neuman's Boys Choir. John Gruber on the left side, backrow; Keni Ray with glasses second from right backrow; Alan Corr seated center down front. Click on photo to View Larger Image.

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St. Nicholas Hotel

Here is another 2002 article that The OkieLegacy Ezine featured in in Vol. IV, concerning the St. Nicholas Hotel, located one-half blocks north of the northwest corner of the Alva, Oklahoma downtown square.

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A Lonely Grave

This a story about a lonely grave written by Thelma Crouch for one of the Woods County genealogy publications. Its about Felix Fief (Rief) lonely grave on a hill in northwestern Woods County, on land once owned by Lewis Kamas. It appeared in the OkieLegacy Ezine, 2002, Vol.4. Here is the rest of the story.

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