Okie's NW Corner
Last
week I forgot to include some earlier February snow pictures of NW Oklahoma's last snow that we received around the 4th of this month. This view of a NW Oklahoma rural windmill was taken 4 February 2004 while the snow was blowing in. Most of that snow has since melted, except for
a few drifts in the rural ditches along the country roads. Dragonhead Fountain - Old Courthouse...
"I do indeed recognize the fountain pictured in your last e-zine issue. But this is not the fountain that was in the goldfish pond. It is a drinking fountain that stood on the walk outside the west steps of the courthouse and adjacent to the goldfish pond. I drank from it many, many times over the course of about ten years. John Andrew Clark's Family History...
It was written by William Greenville Clark (son of John Andrew & Martha Susanna Williams Clark). It mentions, "John Andrew Clark, son of Alexander James Clark and Polly Snedegar Clark, was married to Martha Susanna Williams, daughter of John M. Williams and Sarah Williams, on April 29, 1874, in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. To them were born the following children in Greenbrier County West Virginia: William Greenville Clark, born August 18, 1875; Ledona Prudence Clark born April 11, 1877;
Joseph Lawrence Clark born July 29, 1879; Mary May Clark born May 26, 1884....." 1904
"In one of your on-line pubs you show a photo next to text The Waters, Pierce Oil Company... According to the Alva Pioneer Souvenir Edition dated 1904, this photo
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The Westminister Dog Show was a huge hit with our Duchess this week. We placed a blue, vinyl footstool down front so she could get a better, close-up view of one of her favorite TV shows. Indian Territory Memories..."My Great-GrandFather, William Harvey Burdick was a Deputy U S Marshal who came into the badlands from Texas looking for outlaws & brought his family with him so my grandmother was born in a covered wagon at Stonewall, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory in 1886 [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Cherokee Run..."I just visited your web site and enjoyed the story of the Run [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Great Race of '93..."Thanks for the narrative about the settlement Run of the Cherokee Strip [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe Great Race of '93..."I saw your piece on the 1893 Land Run and thought I would send along this piece written by my great-grandfather, William Pruitt McFadden [more]... | View or Add Comments (0 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe An Old Cherokee Strip Pioneer...
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