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Duchess says, "Whew! It has certainly been hot and dry here in the valley of southwest Colorado." Eagle Chief Creek Floods
While Eagle Chief Creek was flooding it banks North of Hopeton, Oklahoma, it was also creating havoc in the western part of Woods County, along highway 14 and North of Waynoka, Oklahoma. Whittet Family History"On | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Lambert, Yewed, OK & Old Yewed Church"Carolyn and I drove to Lambert and Yewed this evening (SW of Cherokee in Alfalfa county, northwest Oklahoma, for your readers who do not know where those towns were located) and discovered, just a half-mile north of Yewed, the remains of the Methodist Church, scheduled to be destroyed in the not-so-distant future [more]... | View or Add Comments (3 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe 1926 - Britton Church Members"It's folks from the Britton Christian Church [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe OkieLegacy Centennial Moment
On Friday, November 15, 1907, W. F. Hatfield, Editor & Proprietor of The Alva Pioneer, a northwest Oklahoma, Woods County newspaper, started his column with this quote by Henry Ward Beacher: Music & video Site"I choose the '50's but you can pick any year [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe 1907 - New State NotesOn page 4 of The Daily Oklahoman, dated July 4, 1907, there were these "New State Notes" that we transcribed [more]... | View or Add Comments (1 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe July 1907 - Murray Will Issue The Election Call TomorrowHere is another front page headline from The Daily Oklahoman, dated July 4, 1907, with headlines reading: "Convention President To Ignore Court Injunction - Issuance from Tishomingo will Avoid Court Contempt -- Some Party leaders Fear Move Is Grave Error - Say He Did Not Consult Others [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe July 4, 1907 HeadlinesIn the The Daily Oklahoman dated July 4, 1907, the front page headlines read: "Cut Married Teachers Out" - "School Board Decides to Revolutionize Present System" - "Matrons Are Barred" - "Only Single Women Are Included in This year's Appointments" -- The article goes on to state, "Married women teachers are to be dropped from the public schools of Oklahoma City [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Searching For Britton Memories"I am trying to find info on Britton and not having much luck [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Britton, OK Memories"The early Kendrick Grocery was owned by my grandparents and was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Western Avenue and Britton Highway (just west of the Santa Fe Railroad tracks) [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Britton, OK Jr & Sr High School"The photo of Britton Jr-Sr High school is from the 1948 high school annual but the school was built in late '20's or '30s [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Enjoy OkieLegacy"Dear Linda, I enjoy your Okie Legacy so very much and look forward to receiving it each week [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe 1956 - Mildred Anne Reynolds Firey Death"Thank you for an interesting site [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe The Rest of the Story| View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Brink (Drink), OklahomaHave you ever heard of "Brink, Oklahoma?" How about "Drink?" We have learned that "Brink" was sometimes called "Drink" on various Woods County and Oklahoma place name lists [more]... | View or Add Comments (2 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe George Washington's Farewell Address - 17 Sept. 1796[George Washington had been the obvious choice to be the first president of the United States, and indeed, many people had supported ratification of the Constitution on the assumption that Washington would be the head of the new government [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Constitution of USA"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe
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