Volume 11 , Issue 32

2009

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Volume 11

1999  Vol 1
2000  Vol 2
2001  Vol 3
2002  Vol 4
2003  Vol 5
2004  Vol 6
2005  Vol 7
2006  Vol 8
2007  Vol 9
2008  Vol 10
2009  Vol 11
2010  Vol 12
2011  Vol 13
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2013  Vol 15
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2016  Vol 18
2017  Vol 19
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Issues 32

Iss 1  1-4
Iss 2  1-11
Iss 3  1-18
Iss 4  1-25
Iss 5  2-1
Iss 6  2-8
Iss 7  2-15
Iss 8  2-22
Iss 9  3-1
Iss 10  3-8
Iss 11  3-15
Iss 12  3-22
Iss 13  3-29
Iss 14  4-5
Iss 15  4-12
Iss 16  4-19
Iss 17  4-26
Iss 18  5-3
Iss 19  5-10
Iss 20  5-17
Iss 21  5-24
Iss 22  5-31
Iss 23  6-7
Iss 24  6-17
Iss 25  6-22
Iss 26  6-29
Iss 27  7-6
Iss 28  7-13
Iss 29  7-20
Iss 30  7-27
Iss 31  8-3
Iss 32  8-10
Iss 33  8-17
Iss 34  8-24
Iss 35  8-31
Iss 36  9-7
Iss 37  9-14
Iss 38  9-21
Iss 39  9-28
Iss 40  10-6
Iss 41  10-12
Iss 42  10-19
Iss 43  10-26
Iss 44  11-2
Iss 45  11-9
Iss 46  11-16
Iss 47  11-23
Iss 48  11-30
Iss 49  12-7
Iss 50  12-14
Iss 51  12-21
Iss 52  12-28

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NWOkie JukeBox

Duchess' Domain

It has been cool up here in the SW Mountains of Colorado.

Waynoka's Stampede and Rodeo was this last weekend. How did it go? Was there a crowd? Who was the big winner of each event?

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Insight Into Grandma & John C. McClure

As the Summer of 1905 begins, it looks and reads as though John C. McClure is becoming stuck on his sweetheart, Miss Constance Estella Warwick.

John C. McClure's letter continue from June 7-29, 1905, from Alva, Oklahoma Territory to Miss Constance Warwick who is spending the Summer of 1905 near Vanderpool and Mountain Grove, Virginia with her Warwick relatives.

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That's The Way It Was - 1904

The Peoples Chronology, edited by James Trager, mentions on page 699, "Helen Keller was graduated magna cum laude Radcliffe College and began to write about blindness, a subject taboo in women's magazines because so many cases were related to venereal disease.

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Where Is Vanderpool, Virginia?

|  <a href="comments.php?ID=4505&vol=11&iss=32" target="_new">View or Add Comments</a> (<em>0 Comments</em>)   |   <a href="subscribe.php?ID=4505&subType=A" target="_blank">Receive updates ( subscribers)</a>  |   <a href="subscribe.php?ID=4505&subType=A&subaction=U" target="_blank">Unsubscribe </a>  </span> </p> <hr> </div><div class='container'> <h4>Great Grandpa Wm. Fechtig Warwick</h4> <a href="http://paristimes.com/image/wmfphebe.jpg" target="_New"> <img src="http://paristimes.com/image/wmfphebe.jpg" width="120" hspace="8" alt="" border="0" align="Left" /></a> <p align=left> <em></em> The picture on the left is an old photo of William Fechtig & Pheobe Anthea (Pray) Warwick, parents of John Robert (great-grandpa) and Paul (great-uncle) Warwick, of Mountain Grove, Virginia [<a href='?ID=4506&vol=11&iss=32'>more</a>]... <span class="txtlinks">   |  <a href="comments.php?ID=4506&vol=11&iss=32" target="_new">View or Add Comments</a> (<em>0 Comments</em>)   |   <a href="subscribe.php?ID=4506&subType=A" target="_blank">Receive updates ( subscribers)</a>  |   <a href="subscribe.php?ID=4506&subType=A&subaction=U" target="_blank">Unsubscribe </a>  </span> </p> <hr> </div><div class='container'> <h4>Miller Brothers 101 Ranch</h4> <p align=left> <em></em><a href="http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/M/MI029.html">Oklahoma Historical Society's</a> website says this about the <I>Miller Brothers 101 Ranch</i>, "In 1881 George Washington Miller first used the 101 brand on his cattle, establishing what would become one of the most recognizable names in ranching and western entertainment.<br /><br /> [<a href='?ID=4507&vol=11&iss=32'>more</a>]... <span class="txtlinks">   |  <a href="comments.php?ID=4507&vol=11&iss=32" target="_new">View or Add Comments</a> (<em>0 Comments</em>)   |   <a href="subscribe.php?ID=4507&subType=A" target="_blank">Receive updates ( subscribers)</a>  |   <a href="subscribe.php?ID=4507&subType=A&subaction=U" target="_blank">Unsubscribe </a>  </span> </p> <hr> </div><div class='container'> <h4>Perry, Noble County, OK</h4> <p align=left> <em></em><iframe width="300" height="240" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&q=perry+oklahoma&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=us&ei=ioSASrTbJ4musgO3-6TvCg&t=h&ll=36.293268,-97.298355&spn=0.066412,0.102997&z=12&output=embed">
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The Cherokee Strip Museum website says, "Perry was generally considered to be the "queen city of the Cherokee Strip" after the great land rush of 1893 which opened a choice area of the future state of Oklahoma to non-Indian settlers. The event attracted nation-wide interest. It lured to this area a marvelous mixture of humanity. Some were adventurous and recklessly daring; some were professional people and entrepreneurs looking for a new start; some were just hungry for a piece of land to call their own."

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Bliss/Marland, Oklahoma

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Bliss (now Old Bliss) was an unincorporated community near Marland in Noble County, Oklahoma. Bliss was one of the 101 Ranch towns. The post office opened November 4, 1894, but was moved to Marland April 8, 1922.

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1901 American League Version - St. Louis Browns

The American League version of the St. Louis Browns started out as the Milwaukee Brewers in 1901. After finishing in the American League (A.L.) basement, the franchise was moved to St. Louis for the 1902 season and renamed the Browns."

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Albert Linton Inquiry

I recently heard from one of my readers that is researching 1,234 Civil War soldiers of the 8th Iowa Cavalry. One of them was an 18 year old, Albert Linton who died December 17, 1935 and buried in the Alva Cemetery. Dale was wondering if any relatives were still around the Alva area so he might contact them for additional information and photos. I am CC: Dale Talkington a copy of this email. If you know of any Linton relatives that Dale could contact, would you please give them a copy of this email? Thanks for your help!

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Williams & Fish Family Inquiry

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Looking For ... Pringey OK Residents & Students of 1905

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Blue Laws

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Looking Back ... 1904 Friends University Baseball

Back in 1904, while Grandpa Bill McGill was playing baseball at Friends University, Constance Estella Warwick was in Alva, Oklahoma Territory going to Northwestern Normal and teaching in rural schools in the area and communicating through letters with John C. McClure.

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