Volume 14 , Issue 8

Duchess of Weaselskin

Sunday, February 19, 2012, brought about more snowy weather to the southwest corner of Colorado, but not like last weekend. Less snow accumulated through this Sunday and through the night into Monday, 20 February 2012. Maybe a little over two inches this weekend.


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On This Day In History (20 February)

On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth as he flew aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule. Go to article.

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NW Okie's Corner

Besides continuing to reading about the History of Highland County, Virginia, we have been hooked on watching PBS's Downton Abbey of life in England. BUT . . . back to Highland County, Virginia, we found an early issue of The OkieLegacy Ezine, Vol. 12, Iss. 49, 2010-12-06, which showed a Google satellite map of Highland County, Virginia we will again share with you this week. SEE BELOW.

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100 Years Ago Today February 20, 1912

According to the New York Tribune, dated 20 February 1912, the front page headlines read: "Initiative And Referendum Stand (Oregon Tax Case At Issue), Look for Morse In Wall Street, Whitman Gets Brandt's Letters (Pinkerton man Testifies), Seek Committee For Haslett (Relatives File petition in Kings County Court as Gardner is held on more serious charge), Mayor Served In Suit (Mayor William J. Gaynor), Flower Hospital To Have $1,000,0000 Plant, Leland Gives Million To Metropolitan Museum, Bystanders Shot By Police, Identify Train Victim (Man killed at Larchmont Saturday was J. B. A. Lounsbery) and Bandit Robs Passengers."

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Highland County Virginia - Exploration Of...

Exploration beyond the mountains is where our next journey takes us in discovering the lands of our ancestry that settled in the Pastures and Valley of Virginia. This is our discovery of Highland County, Virginia where our Gwin, Hohl (Hull), Kincaid and Warwick settled after they they took the journey across the Atlantic Ocean for religious and economic persecution back in the "Old" country back home.

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Surveys In Bath County, Virginia - 1744-46

I found these surveys of Bath County, Virginia that date from 1744 through 1746. Starting with 1744 on the Jackson's River, with William Moore, and his 176 acres. We continue to the Cowpasture, Jackson's River and Back Creek from 1745 through 1746.

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Fort Dinwiddie & Farm Chronology (1727-1829)

Gerald McLaughlin sent us these images of the Fort Dinwiddie historical sign. Fort Dinwiddie is located up the dirt road from this sign about one-half mile. Fort Dinwiddie was known also as Byrd's Fort and Warwick's Fort. It was probably built in 1755. It was also known for it's visit in 1755 by George Washington.

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Highland County, Virginia - Early Days

As we continue reading Oren Frederic Morton's book, A History of Highland County, Virginia, Chapter 7, page 66, we learn about the early Bullpasture pioneers, later comers, Cowpasture pioneers, Jackson's River and South branch pioneers. It was not the practice for a pioneer to isolate themselves and that is one of the reasons we find the settlement of the "Valley of Virginia."

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To the Young Men of East Tennessee (4 Dec. 1862)

We found this article in The Nashville Daily Union, dated Thursday, 4 December 1862 on the front page, that speaks "To the Young Men of East Tennessee" and their patriotic duty to join the Federal Union Army to fight in the Civil War. Was your ancestor one of these East Tennessee Young men?

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