Volume 13 , Issue 23

Duchess of Weaselskin

Howdy All! It is really warming up here in the mountains of Southwest Colorado! The photos on the left and right are some closeup pictures of NW Okie's Early Girl Tomatoes that have finally started producing their fruit. That is not to say that Tomatoes are fruits, though! BUT . . . Maybe they are!

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This Day In History (June 6)

On Jan. 6, 1882, Sam Rayburn, who served for more than 48 years in the U.S. House of Representatives (1913-61), was born. Following Rayburns death on November 16, 1961, his obituary appeared in The Times. Go to obituary. [Photo on the left was taken back in the early 1960's and was scanned and placed on NWOkie's Picasa Albums back in 2006. We can identify at least two: Gene McGill (frontrow, 2nd from left) and Sam Rayburn (frontrow, 3rd from left, standing to Gene's left.]

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NW Okie's Corner & Illegal July, 1948 Alva Bull Fights

Jim Barker sent me an email this week with a copy of the 1948 2-Day July 4th Celebration Alva Bull Fights story. I know we talked about this Alva Bullfights of July 1948 in Vol. 10, Iss. 12 & 13, but I am going to go ahead and reprint the story in this week's OkieLegacy Ezine, because I love reading and re-reading this old, illegal Alva Bull Fights story of 1948.

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Bent Canyon North of Woodward, OK

Jack Rutledge is searching for the origin of "Bent Canyon" near Woodward, Oklahoma. In an OkieLegacy Ezine Comment concerning Oklahoma Wild Sand Plums (though it does not related to sand plums at all) Jack says, "About 10 miles north of Woodward is a large and well-watered canyon with local name "Bent Canyon." I suspect it is named for the Bent brothers who traded in Kansas, Colorado and Indian Territory in the mid 1800's, but I have no proof."

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Paul Revere's Ride

Midnight Ride of Paul Revere -- With some mangling of American history making the news this last week, we thought it our duty to help untangle the mangling that a certain person put out there concerning the "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere," 18 of April 1775, in which Revere was used as a courier to alarm Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British troops were marching to arrest these two men.

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Paul Revere's Deposition ca. 1775

We found the following over at the Massachusetts Historical Society, showing a manuscript deposition written possibly at the request of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress. It is from the manuscript collection, which gives a description of Revere's famous ride on the evening of 18 April 1775.

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1798 Paul Revere's Letter To Jeremy Belknap

Over at the Massachusetts Historical Society online you will find a manuscript written 23 years after the famous ride of 18 of April 1775. It was written at the request of Jeremy Belknap, Corresponding Secretary of the Massachusetts Historical Society. In it Paul Revere recounts his activities on the 18 and 19 of April 1775.

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General Land Office Records Assist Researchers

Genealogists searching for land records of their ancestors often use the General Land Office records, www.glorecords.blm.gov, which indexes public land sales in various states and images of the original land grant certificate. These records can provide important genealogical clues, with records often providing the former address of the purchaser.

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Old Alva Residence Burns Friday (3 Jun 2011)

On the northwest corner of 7th and Locust Street, in Alva, Woods, Oklahoma once stood a wood frame, two-story house that has seen lots of residents in it's long years of standing at 7th & Locust Street. That home stands no more! Friday, 3 June 2011, home of Leo Brandt of Alva, Oklahoma burned to the ground at approximately 8:00 p.m., collapsing on itself after about 10 minutes into the fire after the fire department got there.

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