Volume 13 , Issue 35

Duchess of Weaselskin

It has been a wet, rainy one this weekend and continuing into Monday afternoon, in the southwest corner of Colorado. Maybe some of this rain and moisture will head towards Oklahoma.

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This Day In History (August 29)

On Aug. 29, 1915, Ingrid Bergman, the Swedish international film star, was born. Following her death on August 29, 1982, her obituary appeared in The Times. Go to obituary.

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NW Okie's Corner

We want to thank all of you who responded to us during our work through of our OkieLegacy mailing list database debacle last Monday, August 22 & 23, when we published last week's "OkieLegacy" newsletter. We hope you finally got your email copy of the Vol. 13, Iss. 34 this Sunday, August 28, 2011. Thanks for your input, feedback and patience! Also a big Thanks to nwOKtechie for helping us get the database mailer up and working again.

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FOIA - Freedom of Information Act

Do you need a place to send off for records like Social security for your ancestry searches? You might try doing some ancestry searches for social security records for that certain ancestor at   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Eddy Duchin, The 1930's & 1940's Pianist

This week we transferred some 78rpm vinyl records to MP3 to add to our Prairie Pioneer 78rpm Jukebox. Have you ever heard of Eddy Duchin, the pianist and band leader, from the 1930's to 1940's? We have put the Eddy Duchin and other NEW MP3 files in another playlist of our MP3 Flash player over at Prairie Pioneer 78rpm Jukebox.

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Freedom (OK) Rodeo Old Cowhand 2011

Anyone know Harold Dean Hepner? He was this years (2011) Old Cowhand at the 74th Annual Freedom Rodeo & Old Cowhand Reunion, August 18th through the 20th, in Freedom, Oklahoma.

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Oklahoma History Refresher

Did you know... That until 1819 on the north and 1824 on the east, Arkansas claimed the boundaries of northern and eastern Oklahoma indicated by the broken lines in the Oklahoma map view to the right.

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Cherokee Strip Outlet

The Cherokee Outlet (a.k.a. Cherokee Strip) was formed by the United States government to give the Cherokee Indians of Eastern Oklahoma a path or "Outlet" to hunting lands in the West. It ran along the northern part of Oklahoma Territory.

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Text of Original Homestead Act

37th Congress Session II 1862, Chapter LXXV. An Act to secure Homesteads to actual Settlers on the Public Domain.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States, or who shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such, as required by the naturalization laws of the United States,

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4th Indian Land Opening, O.T., 19 April 1892

Let us explore the 4th Indian Land Opening, April 19, 1892. In the map to the left (outlined in red) is the 4th Land Opening, April 19, 1892 (Cheyenne-Arapaho Indian Reservation). It is located on the west edge of Oklahoma Territory - South of the Cherokee Strip - North of Old Greer County, Kiowa-Comanche and Apache reservation, and Wichita-Caddo reservation.

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