Duchess Corner
This NW Okie and her infamous Pugs (Duchess & Sadie) waited for a sunshine break in the snow that fell last weekend to begin their venture east to NW Oklahoma. Stables Cafe & Cantina Burns (Freedom, OK)..."Here's a photo of Stables restaurant, viewed from the edge of the parking lot at the sidewalk that led to the main entrance [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Alva, OK - Block 29, Lots 17 thru 32...
We are starting something that should keep us busy for awhile... one town block at a time. We have started making, keeping a record of old deeds, etc... of the downtown lots around the square of Alva, Oklahoma. We are starting this week with Block 29, Lots 17 thru 32, located on the northside of Flynn Avenue between 7th Street & 6th Street. This picture on the left shows the northside of Flynn Avenue as it is today. The picture on the right is a Platt of the lots in downtown Alva. Update On Stables Cafe & Cantina..."Update on the situation with the Stables restaurant, according to that report (it may be available online, I haven't checked) [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe George Alexander Harbaugh...
[This information came from the book, Pioneer Footprints Across Woods County, pg 279.] -- According to the family member who wrote the HARBAUGH history for this NW Oklahoma history book, "George Alexander Harbaugh was born Sugust 27, 1869 at Brighton, Iowa, the thirteenth child of Elias and Catherine Engel Harbaugh." Circuit Chautauquas Beginning - 1904...
We have been doing some online research for the term "Chautauquas" to help identify some of the childern in the "1910 Alva - Chautauqua" penny postcard we ran last week. Alva - Chautauqua...."I think that this might be connected to the Chautauqua educational system that was popular during that time. See these links ciweb.org/history.html [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Avard Hotel Raid of 1927...
Let us take you back to August 16, 1927, to the time of prohibition in NW Oklahoma and the small community of Avard, Oklahoma, at the "Avard Hotel." March Winter Comes To Vallecito..."Winter finally decided to make an appearance less than two weeks before the vernal equinox [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Architect of Castle on the Hill...| View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Raid of 1927 At Avard Hotel (Oklahoma)..."I've come upon an interesting tidbit that your readers may be able to shed more light on - another item from the history of our region that local readers and residents may no longer recollect [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Castle On the Hill Story..."In your article entitled The Prairies' Castle on the Hill", there is an error in the third from the last paragraph [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Magill's - Lisbon, Saint Lawrence County, NY..."I am looking for any who may have information on the Magills from Lisbon, Saint Lawrence County, New York [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Class of '61 AHS Goldbugs..."I'm still working on updating our 1961 class information [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Photo of Central Park ..."Even though this photo shows a location very similar to the early days (circa 1910 - 1930) of the courthouse park in Perry, Oklahoma (sometimes identified as Central Park), I'm not quite certain that it was in our town and was wondering if someone could positively identify which city this was located in [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe The Rest of the Story...Memories From NW Oklahoma [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Gas Prices In Perry, OK...Gasoline prices in Perry, Oklahoma jumped up some more this morning (Friday, March 17th [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Woodward News - Stable Cafe Fire (Freedom ,OK)...Plan in works to rebuild restaurant - by A [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe History of Oklahoma WWII Prison Camps...Corbett presents history of Oklahoma WWII prison camps -- By Patti K [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Northwestern Normal School...
[written back when Northwestern Normal School had it's beginnings as the infamous "Castle On the Hill" of the Prairies.] --
Northwestern Normal School, of Alva, was the second normal to be established in Oklahoma. The Law establishing it was enacted by the legislative assembly of 1897, and the purpose of its founding was for the instruction of persons in the art of teaching and in all the various branches pertaining to the public schools of Oklahoma Territory.
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