Volume 16 , Issue 33

NW Okie's Journey

A day late and . . . here it is Tuesday afternoon. I think I am enjoying being outdoors in this beautiful Autumn season, watching the Aspen turn the SW Colorado Rockies to their golden hue, and my daily walks along the Vallecito River and campground trails.

Anyway, Sadie got me locked down today to do some research on 1960's politics in Oklahoma and "Little Dixie" history in the Southeast corner of Oklahoma.

My Father was a part of the Democratic politics taking shape between 1959 and during the 1960's. It was a time that the governor was also trying to reapportion the states voting districts in favor of the"Urban" areas. AS I see it, my Father fought to keep the "Rural" districts from becoming combined with the bigger urban districts. At least that is how this one young daughter of Gene McGill saw it. Perhaps someone else saw it differently.

In another feature of the week's Weekly OkieLegacy Ezine-Tabloid we have a photograph of Gene McGill, Carl Albert and W.P. Bill Atkinson that someone sent us last week. You all remember the "The Little Giant from Little Dixie" (Carl Albert), don't you?

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