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Since Wednesday of this week, our mornings have been cloudy with a break of clouds towards the afternoon after a few inches of snow has fallen. Alva's Downtown Square
On the West side of the Woods county courthouse there was a triangular space created by sidewalks, where there was a large fish pond with an ornamental iron railing surrounding a three-tiered fountain. Growing Up In OklahomaWe are in the process of taking down Kenneth Updike's stories and ramblings of "Growing Up In Oklahoma" because Kenneth asked us, "To remove all of my previous writings to you about my Ramblins [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Old Alva Fountain
We learned in an earlier Volume-Issue of the "OkieLegacy" that Alva's three-tiered fountain, pond and dragonhead drinking fountain were located on the westside of the old Woods County courthouse square in downtown Alva, Oklahoma. WPA, CCC & Roosevelt's Tree Army"I too am looking for the records of Fowitz Funeral Home that was in Woods county [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Old Grimes Bridge - NW Alva, OK"When I was a boy during the thirties the road leading to Grimes Bridge that crossed the Salt Fork River was a magical road full of adventure [more]... | View or Add Comments (1 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Early Alva Dry Goods Photos| View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Alva Fountain Mystery"Linda, After seeing the picture of the old Woods County Courthouse fountain I looked up the attached picture of myself with my Grandma (Lulu Veley) in front of that same fountain [more]... | View or Add Comments (1 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Pioneer of I.T. - Jacob Emery Layton"I am sending you a story given to me by Hazel Letterman of Madill, Oklahoma [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Oklahoma Gas Prices (Thursday)"We didn't get very much ice, just a little sleet and the streets weren't very slick by the time I got out [more]... | View or Add Comments (1 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Looking For J. E. CrosbieLooking for information on J [more]... | View or Add Comments (2 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Another Northwest Oklahoman"Hi! I lived on a farm 7 miles west, 2 south, and 3/4 west of Alva, Oklahoma [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Hull Family In America"Hull Family in America book listed on eBay _ Hull Family History Book - eBay (item 110226639161 end time Feb-28-08 11:05:20) [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Pioneer Joseph Lamar Griffitts - Buffalo, OKDuring the 20 years since his admission to the bar in Tennessee, 15 of which had been spent in Oklahoma, Joseph L [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Pioneer Lindsey Lowder Long, M.D. - Cimarron TerritoryIt was in that historic section of Western Oklahoma that was designated as "No Man's Land" and organized into Cimarron Territory in a local way prior to the opening of Oklahoma Territory to settlement [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe SW Colorado Mountain Snow| View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe
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