Volume 13 , Issue 17

Duchess & Sadie's Domain

When NW Okie woke me up this Monday morning to let me outside, boy howdy . . . did my little pug paws get a shock when I hit the ground. "Shock?" you ask? What shock could that be? Brrrrrr . . . . At 8am this morning and 32F, in southwest Colorado, my Pug paws stepped off the porch into about an inch of wet snow.

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This Day In History (April 25)

On April 25, 1945, the United Nations Conference on International Organization began in San Francisco.

"At a moment when the American and Russian armies were on the point of meeting below Berlin, forty-six of the forty-seven nations of the grand alliance will attempt to form an international organization designed to help maintain peace and security. It is the second time in this century that the attempt has been made. . . . ."

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NW Okie's Ancestrial Lineage

[The photo on the left is a picture of my father, Gene McGill, on the left, and my Uncle Bob seated on the paint pony on the right. It was taken somewhere in Alva, Woods county, Oklahoma at a dirt tennis court. Do the houses in the background look familiar to any Woods county residents out there? I believe it to be taken in the early 1920's.]

I was sitting here trying to decide which paternal or maternal lineage to bring you this week. I decided to bring you the LUTTRELL / CRAIGHEAD paternal side of my family lineage where I have a bunch of roadblocks that has me scratching my head and wondering more about this limb of our family tree.

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Pittsylvania Militia Co. & Revolutionary War

Bill Barker commented in last week's OkieLegacy eZine, Feature #6006 -- "Four of my ancestors were in the Pittsylvania Militia Company under the command of Capt. Joseph Martin (Later Gen. Joseph Martin agent to the Cherokees for the United States and Virginia during the Revolution).

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Pine Valley, OK

Back in August, 2002, we received some information concerning Pine Valley, Oklahoma from Frank Powell. Recently a lady had lost the link to that information and emailed us to get a copy of the information. We found out that we had moved that information from our okielegacy.net site over to our. Below is a copy of that information.

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The Indians of History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia

In the History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, by Maud Carter Clement, Chapter I, we learn that Pittsylvania county was once the home of the red man, situated in South midland Virginia, touching on the NOrth Carolina line, giving a total area of 1012 square miles.

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Sod House of Aline, Oklahoma

Francis Melkus sent us this link to the HomesSod House. You do know that thousands of "soddies" once dotted the prairies of Oklahoma, but the only sod house built in 1894 by Marshal McCully remains.

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Spiro Mounds of Oklahoma

The Spiro Mounds are a prehistoric gateway, located 7 miles outside of Spiro, Oklahoma. It is the only prehistoric, Native American archaeological site in Oklahoma open to the public. It is located on a bend of the Arkansas River, and is the site of a natural gateway from which the Spiro people exerted their influence.

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Moving Map of the United States

Have you ever wanted to view a moving map of the United States showing the history of our country? Where you could watch the evolution of growth from the 13 colonies up to the present day (with dates, wars, purchases, etc. included).

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First Court Justices & Judges of Pittsylvania County, VA

When the dividing line was run between Pittsylvania and Halifax, it was found that Peytonsburg, the country seat of Halifax, lay in Pittsylvania, and here at Halifax old Court House was held on Friday, June 29th, the first court of Pittysylvania county. A commission had been received from Governor Fauquier appointing justices or judges, to preside over the courts, which read as follows:

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