Volume 17 , Issue 6

NW Okie's Journey

It is good to be back home again in the southwest corner of the Colorado Rockies. Especially, when your little, sweet Sadie pug greets you anxiously at the front door as you approach, climb the steps to open the door.

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Walking With Sadie

Woof! Woof! I get so excited when NW Okie comes back from her travels. It sometimes takes my breathe away. And just in time for St. Valentine's Day.

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History of St. Valentine's Day (Ancient Greek , Pre-Roman Festival)

It was 14th of February 1888, page 3, Fort Worth Daily Gazettethat we found this mention of the origin of the custom and its old time observance of St. Valentines Day.

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Major County, Oklahoma

Fairview, Oklahoma is the county seat of Major county. My Maternal grandparents and relatives settled around Chester, sometimes referred to as "Cottonwood Corners" and "Tailholt." Click this link for more about Major County, Oklahoma.

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1905 Orion School Major County, OK

The following information on the 1905 Orion School Pupils was submitted by Alice Shook via her granddaughter.

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Chester (Tailholt), Oklahoma

For those of you who don't know where Chester, Oklahoma is located ... it is a small town in Major County, Northwest part of the state. It's where hwy. 281 intersects in the middle of town with the highway leading east towards Fairview (highway 60).

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Orion & Its Cemetery Listings As of Late 1990's

Photo on the left is a photo of the old homestead of the Joseph Hurt (NW Okie's Great grandparent's, Joseph and Anne Wallman Hurt), family home north and east of Chester, Oklahoma and west of the Orion cemetery a few miles.

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Lupercalia - Pre-Roman Pastoral Festival, 13-15 February

Lupercalia was a very ancient, possibly pre-Roman pastoral festival, observed on February 13 through 15 to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health and fertility.

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