Duchess of Weaselskin
It was a cloudy Monday and they say the next three days may be similar, with Snow, cold and mother nature using her weather ways to make sure the Christmas holidays are white around these neck of the woods. On This Day In History (December 12)
On this day in history, 12 December 1963, kenya gained its independence from Britain. Anyone remember when The Katzenjammer Kids comic strip by Roudlph Dirks debuted in the New York Journal? Check below. NW Okie's Corner
This last week we were remembering one of those dates (7 December 1941) that has lived in infamy for 70 years and our World War II (WWII) Veterans. Did you have a WWII veteran in your family? Are you doing genealogy research for those veteran ancestry? Cherokee Outlet & Local Ranch History Subject of New Book
by Sandie Olson (Email: sandie.olson@gmail.com) -- Descendants and friends of Cherokee Strip cowpunchers will be interested in a new book, The Vanished Herd, the History of the Cherokee Strip Cowpunchers' Association and the Cattlemen and Drovers of Early-Day Oklahoma, by Jim Fulbright and Albert Stehno. Native Americans - Researching The Trail of Tears
In last week's OkieLegacy Ezine we had an article concerning Cherokee Chief Redbird Smith and his connection and the Alva connections with the Brunsteter family and the OWL family. One of our regular readers emailed several items of interest concerning the Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association, in conjunction with the National Park Service dedicated to marking the trails. We will include that information in next week's OkieLegacy Ezine. Tips for esearching Hungarian Names
Tracing your family in Hungary relies on two key ingredients: the immigrant's name and the ancestral town or village. To use Hungarian records, you need to know your ancestors' original name in the old country, which might have changed multiple times after their arrival in America. Greenbrier Military School For Boys
Greenbrier Military School for Boys was not the same as the Greenbrier School for Women! Last week we had mention of a Greenbrier Military School in West Virginia. After this week and finding more information about the military school for young men, we have found out that the Greenbrier College for Women was a completely different institution. Other than dances and other social gatherings, that was what brought the two together. The First Christmas - Iroquois Orphans - 1905
In the Indian Advocate, dated 1 December 1905, page 381, image 17 there is an article that mentions and is entitled, "Their First christmas," written by William OKeefe, A.O.S.B.
The "Black Robe," as the indians called him traveling around through the wilderness visiting different Iroquois indian encampments along the basin of the great St. Lawrence. 1922 September - Capron Land For Sale Cheap
If you follow this link to the Guthrie, Oklahoma Leader Newspaper dated 1903- September 22 for the Capron, Oklahoma Ad for land sales you might find the following Ad which begins with, "Home Seekrs will do well to stop at Capron, and call for . . . G. N. Ames & C. J. Funk, Real Estate Agents and let them show you the best and cheapest farms that can be bought for the money in Oklahoma. ($15 to $30 per acre.)"
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