NW Okie's Journey
Our journey this week is to search for powerful Women figures of the past. We did find such a women, Miss Catharing "Kate" Barnard, in Oklahoma before, during and after statehood. You can read about Kate Barnard in this week's OkieLegacy Ezine. Walking With Sadie
This weekend we saw yet another fluttering and dusting of snow here on the North end of Vallecito Reservoir, north of Bayfield, Colorado. The image on the left shows the Sunday afternoon view of falling snow on our south yard, looking southward along County Road 500. The snow did not last long. And melted as fast as it fell Sunday afternoon. 1914, April Confession To Killing Neighbor
We found this April, 1914 confession to killing neighbor in The Daily Ardmoreite, dated 14 April 1914, as one of the front page headlines: Confesses Killing Neighbor. 1912 - Kate Barnard In Arizona
It was in an article published 7 June 1912, in The Daily Ardmoreite, concerning a story of Oklahoma's Guardian Angel, Kate Barnard. The headlines read: Kate Barnard In Arizona. 1914 - Proposes Home Like Hull House
Does anyone remember a proposed home in the 1914 time frame that was to be erected by Miss Kate Barnard from profits of oil lease for a home for homeless, friendless women in the territory? Jane Adams' Hull House
The Hull House was a settlement house in the United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. It was located in the neat west side of Chicago, Illinois, and opened it doors to recently arrived European immigrants. Catherine Ann "Kate" Barnard (1875-1930)
Kate Barnard was the first woman to be elected as a state official in Oklahoma, and the United States in 1907. Barnard served as the first Oklahoma Commissioner of Charities and Corrections for two four year terms. Click this link to read more about Catharine "Kate" Barnard, Saint Kate. Also, see information online at this link: A Standard History of Oklahoma: An Authentic Narrative of its Development, Volume 3, by Joseph Bradfield Thoburn.
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