Volume 16 , Issue 15

NW Okie's Journey

Cicero once said, "To be ignorant of the past is to remain as a child."

We found this quote written by Robert F. Kennedy on the back of the High Fidelity recording, John F. Kennedy: Years Of Lightning, Day of Drums [Memorial, documentary sound track that the government agency (USIA) made to convey encouraging thought that the basic humane, peaceful program of the Kennedy Administration was being carried on after his death].

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Walking With Sadie

Is it Spring yet? That is what we are asking ourselves around these parts the let few days. We have been experiencing light dusting of snow in the high altitudes of the SW Colorado Rockies, while those in the plains have began their windy, tornadic weather.

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Civil Rights Chronology

If you research Civil Rights Chronology you might run across the following chronology that ranges from 1619 (a year before Mayflower, when the first 20 African slaves were sold to settlers in Virginia as indentured servants) through 2000. We are only showing a portion of the chronology here, but you can view the entire chronology at the link above.

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Chester (Cardinals) Baseball team

We are Not sure of the year of this photo, but the players standing on back row, left to right: Bobby (Buddy?) Plummer, Jerry Plummer, Leonard Louthan, Howard Louthan, Floy Louthan, Vic Holub, Vernie Paris, Lee Chapman; seated down front: Bud Albert Holub, John Shuck, Elden Louthan, Raymond Bensch, Jack Plummer Loyd Bensch, Les Louthan, Lyndie Branstetter, Wilson Shaffer. The "C" may stand for Cardinal and/or Chester.

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(1866) The Civil Rights

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Civil Rights Bill of 1866

The front page of The Ebensburg Alleghanian, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, dated 19 April 1866, had the following copy of the Civil Rights Bill as it passed both Houses of Congress.

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(1892) Governor John P. Buchanan

I was doing a search through the old archives of Chronicling America, for McGill and found this little tidbit in The Salt Lake Herald, dated 25 August 1892, concerning Governor John P. Buchanan. It is as follows:

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