Volume 11 , Issue 42

Duchess' Deer Domain

Is it October Yet? Duchess' backyard domain here in SW Colorado has found the wildlife busily grazing in the early dusk hours before a front is expected through here. These are just three that we happened to get this evening. AND ? the New Mexico Weathermen are talking the Higher San Juan Mountains may get some snow this week in the late night hours.

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Durango, CO - Murals on Main Street

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A Century of Ranger Pride

"A Century of Ranger Pride" plus another annual homecoming is upon us as October makes it's halfway debut this week. Do you remember the first Alva & Northwestern homecoming that you went to as a child?

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1900 Census - Warms Springs VA

We are still doing some census research on our Warwick ancestors locations. What we would really like to find are backup copies of the burnt 1890 census, but we know that is not possible since most of those census records were burnt in the 1921 fire in Washington, D.C.

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Old Avard Road Unsolved Mystery of 1956

Some say about 1956 in Northwest Oklahoma, "This was an innocent time in an unsophisticated community. Death happened, but only by accident or disease. Murder was not known, and really no one knew how to cope with it."

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Insight Into Grandma & John C. McClure

August 11, 1906 -- This letter from John C. McClure written on "The First National Bank" stationery to Miss Constance Warwick at Alva, Oklahoma Territory. It is a short note just before John heads for Altona.

"Dear Connie, I do not know whether I will get up tonight or not. I'm going home in the morning, so if I don't see you. Good bye. Yours, Jno. Write me at Altona, Illinois."

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Perry, OK Gas Prices

Roy says, "Our Perry gasoline prices have been going up a penny or two almost daily and regular unleaded at the downtown Conoco is now at $2 [more]...   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Alva German POWs of WWII

Sandie says, "The Waynoka Historical Society has on DVD an interview with a man who worked with the German POWs at the Railways Ice Co in Waynoka, Oklahoma. I believe you would find it fascinating. The cost is $9.95 plus $2.50 for mailing. If you would like to order one, send check or credit card info to the Waynoka Historical Society -- PO Box 193, Waynoka, OK 73860, or CALL: 580.824.1886.

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Constance (Warwick) McGill's DAR Certificate

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