Winter Is Here
While NW Okie was tramping out through it all to feed the horses, Sadie and I find a cozy, warm spot on the end of the sofa -- near the fireplace. That Sadie will curl up next to anyone, won't she! BUT... On top of this Duchess?! OkieLegacy Guestbook1/18/2007 - Sheldon Russell - dblstar@cox [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Lincoln Bust at NWOSU
The Lincoln Monument at the Normal School in Alva, Oklahoma, around July 1920 finds Bob & Gene McGill standing on Monument located just northeast of the Northwestern State Normal School's Science Hall. Calling all NW Oklahoma Historians!
Calling all NW Oklahoma historians! We have had a request, "Wondering if you guys would consider writing a brief history of the Alva Review-Courier's heritage for the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia." The Rest of the Story"Howdy [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Waynoka, OK Weather"We've had sleet and freezing rain in Waynoka [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Last Week's Weather"Word yesterday (1/13/07) evening was that highway 64 was clear between here and Alva; this morning, though, the same person took his wife to work in Alva and reports that the road is treacherous, very slick and hazardous [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Last Weekend Weather"Yes! We are getting our share of the bad weather [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Oklahoma Weather"1/14/2007 -- Perry, Oklahoma has not yet lost power anytime during this major winter storm [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Oklahoma Weather & Gas Prices"Here it comes again! Now they're predicting snow in Oklahoma for the next 2 weekends [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Oklahoma Lookout HomesteadDoes anyone know who lived here? Where is this located? We know it is in the vicinity of Lookout, Oklahoma, but whose homestead and farm was it? Is this the Beagley, pink house homestead? OR [more]... | View or Add Comments (2 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Old OkieLegacy Format"I like the old one better [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Story Behind "It Is No Secret""It Is No Secret, recorded 5/17/50; released 6/19/50: the original manuscript of which is buried in the cornerstone of one of the Copyright Buildings of the Library of Congress in Washington, D [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe HUNKY DORY - What is It?
"The Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang suggests that the term may have been introduced in America about 1865 by a popular variety performer named Japanese Tommy. Other references suggest that it may have been sailors' slang for a street in Yokohama that catered for what one might describe as the special needs of sailors. In Yokohama today a broad thoroughfare called Honcho-dori runs from the centre of the city to the port area, so one that would have been familiar to sailors (dori is the Japanese word for a road, in particular a broad or important one). OkieLegacy Ezine"I can't bring up the latest issue - don't know if it's my computer only, but when I click on the link, I get shut down! I don't want to miss it! Thanks [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe
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