Volume 15 , Issue 38

NW Okie's Corner

Our Aspen trees here at the North end of Vallecito Reservoir, north of Bayfield, Colorado have not turned golden like those at higher elevations, but the evening and morning air has been crisp, chilly around these neck of the woods. The digital image on the left was taken with my iPad mini (zoomed in) on the bit of gold showing on the mountains that rise above Blue Spruce RV & Camping site at Vallecito, County Road 500.

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Soddy & McGills of Hamilton County, TN

As to the McGILLs of Hamilton County Tennessee, John says, "My mother-in-law is related to the McGill's as follows: Her mother was Melinda (Lena) Ann McGill (1892-1962). Her father was Abel Connor McGill 1865-1938 and his father was David Newton McGill (1826-1896). I would like to share information concerning these families and their ancestors. You may reach me at john.vanzant@gmail.com.

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Duchess of Weaselskin

Woof! Woof! Woof! (translation: Brrrr ... It's Chilly out there on these "Old Pug's bones." But luckily this old pug can find a sunny spot outside by her pickup truck to warm and take a snooze during the daylight hours.

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One Hundred Years Ago - 7 October 1913, Tuesday

One hundred years ago today, 7 October 1913, Tuesday, The Daily Ardmoreite reported on its front page headline: "Oil At Hewitt In New Well." Producing sand was 100 feet nearer the surface than the driller expected.

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Cheyenne Transporter of Darlington, I.T.

The Cheyenne Transporter was published in Darlington (Canadian county), near present day El Reno, Oklahoma. The Cheyenne-Arapaho Agency printed the first issue on December 5, 1879. The four-page 5½ x 7½-inch, semimonthly paper was notable on two accounts: 1) it was the first newspaper published in what became Oklahoma Territory; and 2) one of the few publications ever issued at an Indian agency.

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Woman Teacher In Coat of Tar (1911)

It was in the Tulsa Daily World, Saturday edition, 9 September 1911, that the headlines read: "Woman Teacher In Coat of Tar." The story came out of Shady bend, Kansas, September 8, 1911, when fifteen assailants were arrested for the tar and feathering of a teacher because she talked too much of other women. The fifteen members of prominent families were charged with the complicity in the affair.

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1911, The Choctaw Strip Not For Oklahoma

In the Tulsa Daily World, Saturday, 9 September 1911, we found this headline concerning "The Choctaw Strip Not For Oklahoma." The State relinquished its rights to Arkansas, and taxes had piled up.

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