A Historical Journey - Jan. 20, 2009
"On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord." -- 44th President of United States of America, January 20, 2009. Searching For Info on Uncle John
Is there anyone out there in the Freedom area in northwest Oklahoma that remember Earl and Effie (Maxwell) Smith? I am searching for any information, news clipping that happened around 1928, perhaps in the Freedom, Northwest Oklahoma area when a tragedy might have taken their lives. Western Oklahoma Orphanage
According to the Publication, The Oklahoman, Dated Feb 17, 1929, Page 69, with headlines reading: "An Orphans Chance in Oklahoma," I found this paragraph where it talked about the orphanage at Helena, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma: John Glen Smith Obit - 1926-2009
Last weekend our Uncle John Smith died, January 19, 2009. His obituary can be viewed at this link: Redinger Funeral Home - John Smith Obit. I do have a phone number where you can contact the oldest daughter of John & Geneva (Paris) Smith: Jeanette (Smith) Engle phone number: 405-352-4083. County High Schools In Oklahoma
The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. 37, pg. 196, states, "Providing secondary education for pioneer Oklahoma Territory youth was a very difficult problem and was not solved soon or well. Woods County High School - 1905-1907
Northwest Normal School at Alva, the county seat, had been in operation since 1897 providing high school opportunity for the youth of Alva and some others who attended its preparatory department. However, most pupils of that large county could not conveniently reach either Alva or Tonkawa
where the Oklahoma Preparatory School had opened in 1902. Cimarron County High School - 1919-1932
It was ten years after the repeal of the county high school law, when the Legislature enacted new legislation, strictly designed to meet the needs of one county ... Cimarron County in the extreme end of the Oklahoma panhandle. Ashley, OK Buildings
Kathryn Walters Racette says, "There are no buildings left at Ashley, OK. Just the Co-Op elevator, and maybe the house to the south of it as well as a small grain barn. Westside Public School - Alva, OK
This is a picture postcard of the West Side Public School, in Alva, OK, that my grandmother, Constance Estella Warwick, taught at for awhile. Ashley OK Sign & MKT Katy RRRod Murrow says, "Interestingly enough, there is a sign on highway 64 that announces you are passing by Ashley [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Oklahoma Weather & GasRoy in Perry OK says, "Someone left that north gate open again [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe 1950 Menu At WoolworthsHomer says, "If any of you have doubt about what we paid for a coke and a sandwich at Woolworths ( How many don't know what Woolworth's was?) in the 1950's, here's proof of the era we lived in [more]... | View or Add Comments (1 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe
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