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Arctic Low Front - Brrrrr...rrrr
Brrrrr... & Oops! That Arctic Low front that dipped down through Colorado, into New Mexico brought some frigid, chilly temperatures down to -4 degrees in the evening.
The Oops part is... when publishing this weeks newsletter, we inadvertently left the "0" off when typing the Volume No. 10 -- it came out as Vol. 1, Iss. 3. We have corrected that, and now it is Vol. 10, Iss. 3. that is why your email inbox shows two emails this week from The OkieLegacy We blame this error on the frigid Arctic Low this week. LOL....
The higher elevations around Vallecito Res. were gauged at -17 degrees the other evening. It has been sunny during the days, but.... still downright frigid, chilly. This Sunday we saw temperatures rising up to 30 degrees during mid-day here in the valley of southwest Colorado.
During this week of the Arctic Low that passed through our neck of the woods (SW Colorado Valley), we have been keeping warm inside by the fireplace -- exploring the capabilities of our wireless network webcam -- learning "How To..." set it up to view on our web site at SW Colorado Weather Cam.
For you Mac users out there, I have viewed my webcam site with the "Safari" and "Mozilla Firefox" browsers -- Works fine on my MacBook Pro, OS X Leopard! I also viewed it on a PC laptop with "IE" and "Firefox" browsers -- No hangups there!
Let me know what you think! Leave your suggestions in the "Comments" area!
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Pioneer Raphael H. Ross - Rosston, OK
Are there any Rosston, Oklahoman's out there? Here is some history that we pulled from A Standard History of Oklahoma, pg.1602, Vol IV, by Joseph Thoburn, that tells about the "Raphael H. Ross" family that settled in that area south of Laverne, Oklahoma.
Raphael H. Ross had been one of the makers of history in Northwest Oklahoma. He founded the flourishing town of Rosston, in Harper County, and when that town was incorporated he was honored by election as its Mayor.
Throughout Raphael Ross' career in Oklahoma he had been more than a passive factor in development. He had made his success count for betterment in a large community. It was in 1912 that he had 160 acres of his land platted as a townsite, it was named Rosston in his honor. In the same year he took the lead in building enterprise, putting up a group of four modern brick buildings, furnishing quarters for bank, stores and post office, and his liberality had been seen in almost every permanent institution of the community. When the town was incorporated in 1916 he was elected the first Mayor, and no one could have deserved that office better. Everyone spoke of him as the father of the town, and he had been its leading spirit from the beginning.
Ross had been identified with Harper County for fifteen years. Besides his interest in the town of Rosston he had an extensive ranch of 4,000 acres, lying immediately adjacent to Rosston. He was of old Virginia ancestry, was born January 25, 1868, in a log house on a farm in Pleasants County, West Virginia, a son of Cornelius P. and Ambrosine (Harness) Ross, who were natives of the same state. Cornelius P. Ross, was born in 1836 and was living retired at the age o eighty in Florida around 1916, spent his active years up to the age of forty as a farmer and afterwards became a merchant.
During the Civil war, Raphael Ross went with the South, and fought in a Virginia regiment under General Longstreet. Ross was present in many important battles including Cedar Creek and Chancellorsville, and was mustered out with the rank and title of an officer of the Confederate army. After the war he represented his home district in the West Virginia Legislature.
In 1866 he married Ambrosine Harness, a daughter of Solomon and Ann (Usher) Harness, her mother being a relative of the late Admiral Usher of the British Navy. She died at Waverly, West Virginia, in 1905. She was a highly cultured woman, espcially devout in her religious duties, being an active worker in the Presbyterian Church. Their 3 children were still living in 1916:
Raphael H. Ross completed his literary education at the University of West Virginia at Morgantown. Raphael found ample outlet for his unusual energies and enterprise as a worker in the oil fields of West Virginia. From the East he came to Oklahoma in 1901, and secured a tract of Government land in Harper County. From that first tract as a nucleus, his holdings had spread until they included a ranch of 4,000 acres, well stocked and improved, he was one of the principal buyers, raisers and shippers of cattle from this section.
Raphael Ross also conducted a large hardware, furniture and implement store in Rosston, and was president of the First National Bank of that town. He was one of the organizers of the Fort Supply Telephone Company, which conducted a line from Woodward to Beaver, Oklahoma. Raphael H. Ross was a 32nd Degree Mason, being affiliated with the Consistory at Guthrie.
The history of the little town of Rosston, Oklahoma constantly reflects Ross' liberality. Ross donated four blocks of land for school purposes and gave a quarter block for the Congregational church. Ross not only gave the land but gave of his means for the building of schools, churches, and in every possible way was exerting his influence toward making this one of the model towns of Northwest Oklahoma.
On November 20, 1906, at Woodward, Oklahoma, Raphael H. Ross married Annie L. Moore who was born in Missouri in 1878. They had three sons:
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Pioneer Samuel Truitt Carrico - Alva, OK
Here is another Northwest Oklahoma Pioneer, Samuel Truitt Carrico, that we found in A Standard History of Oklahoma, pg.1602, Vol IV, by Joseph Thoburn. Maybe some CARRICO descendants out there would be interested in this information.
Samuel Truitt Carrico was one of the men who participated in the "Run" into Cherokee Strip, September 16, 1893. Captain Carrico gained his rank, title by valiant service as a soldier in the Union army during the Civil war. Captain Carrico for more than 20 years had been closely identified with the business, civic life of the City of Alva, Oklahoma.
Prior to the opening of the Strip, he was a resident of Kansas, and secured one of the choice homesteads at Alva, in Oklahoma Territory, where he opened the first "Real Estate" office. Captain Carrico retired around 1916 from business, and was one of the notable pioneer characters of Northern Oklahoma.
Samuel Truitt Carrico was born November 17, 1840, on a farm in Greene County, Illinois, and was the only male survivor of this branch of the Carrico family, in 1916, which was of Spanish origin. His parents were Silas and Catherine (Decker) Carrico.
Silas Carrico was born at Athens, Ohio, April 18, 1818, his father being a native, Silas Carrico grew up in Illinois and was a substantial farmer there until 1904, when in advanced years he came to Alva, Oklahoma and died in that city May 5, 1905, aged 87 years eighteen days. The business of farming sums up his activities, and he was a man of substantial influence in the community where he lived so many years.
Silas Carrico was a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Methodist church. Silas Carrico married Catherine Decker in 1839.
Catherine Decker was a daughter of James D. and Eliza (Truitt) Decker, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Wales. Catherine died at Carrollton, Illinois, in 1897. She was for many years devoted to her church. There were 7 children in the family, two sons and 5 daughters:
Captain Samuel Carrico was one of the men who dates the beginning of their education in a log schoolhouse. That school was back in Greene County, Illinois, and he later supplemented the district schooling with a course in the Bryant & Stratton Commercial College at Chicago, where he was graduated June 14, 1859. A few days later he began his practical duties as bookkeeper and salesman at Carrollton, Illinois and in 1860 became clerk on a Mississippi steamboat -- the Luther M. Kennett -- Captain J. R. Keach, Commander.
The military record of Captain Carrico begins with his enlistment on November 11, 1861, in Company B. of the 61st Illinois Volunteer Infantry, as a Private. February 5, 1862, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of the company. October 16, 1862, he became First Lieutenant. May 1, 1863, he was commissioned Captain and resigned May 29, 1865.
That regiment had all told 63 officers, and of these only 12 were living in 1916. Captain Carrico was the ranking officer of the old regiment, and was the only survivor who reached the rank of Captain at the date of his muster in as an officer, February, 1862. His service as a soldier took him all over the country south of the Ohio River, and he was in many important battles, including the great conflict at Shiloh and subsequent engagements up to and including Nashville, Tennessee, December, 1864. Samuel Carrico was fortunate in escaping wounds or capture.
With nearly four years of military service to his credit, Samuel Carrico, after the war, engaged in the merchandise business successfully until 1884. In that year he became an early settler at Harper, Kansas, and continued merchandising there. In October, 1885, he was appointed postmaster at Harper, and held the office until he resigned in 1890.
When Captain Carrico arrived in the Cherokee Strip in September, 1893, he was fortunate in securing a location on land near Alva, Oklahoma Territory on the West. He put up one of the first buildings in the new town, and the distinction of opening the first "real estate" and "loan office." His business grew, prospered. From the first he was one of the men of commanding influence in that locality in northwest Oklahoma. He served as chairman of the Government Townsite Commission of Alva, which issued titles for town lots.
Captain Carrico was a Democrat in politics. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and was at one time commander of his post in Illinois. He was a charter member of Raboni Chapter No. 25, of the Royal Arch Masons at Alva.
On March 5, 1866, he married Cornelia C. Bates, daughter of Peter J. and Rebecca (Rummell) Bates. Cornelia C. (Bates) Carrico was born June 30, 1845, at Whitehall, Illinois, and died July 7, 1912, at Alva, Oklahoma. Her father was a native of New York State and her mother of Maryland. Cornelia was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The marriage of Samuel T. and Cornelia Carrico endured for more than 46 years, and were born 5 children, one son and four daughters:
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Pioneer Lee A. Walton - Alva, OK
Maybe some Northwest Oklahoman's might remember this pioneer, Lee A. Walton, whose history was found in A Standard History of Oklahoma, pg.1604, Vol IV, by Joseph Thoburn. Lee a. Walton resided at Alva, Oklahoma, later moving to Victoria, Victoria County, Texas.
Lee A. Walton resided at Alva as a citizen of large, varied attainments, even as he was a man of wide experience and broad activities along lines that represent definite civic and material progress. Walton had been one of the influential figures in public affairs and industrial development in Oklahoma, where he established his residence in 1893, the year the Cherokee Strip was thrown open to settlement.
Lee Walton was a skilled civil engineer, and as such had done a large amount of important work both in Kansas and Oklahoma. It is specially worthy to note that Lee A. Walton was chief engineer of the surveying and construction of the first railroad line to enter the present thriving city of Beaver, Oklahoma.
As a youth Lee Walton studied law; he had been a successful representative of the pedagogic profession as well as that of civil engineer; he had been active as a newspaper editor and publisher; he had concerned himself with mercantile enterprises; and he had been specially resourceful in connection with the development and advancement of the basic industry of agriculture. All these things betoken his versatility, and his broad mental grasp and mature judgement had further made him specially well equipped for leadership in popular sentiment and action, so that it may readily be understood that he had exerted large and benignant influence in connection with the march of progress in Oklahoma, both under territorial and state government.
Lee Walton was a native of the old Buckeye state of Ohio, within whose borders both his paternal and maternal ancestors settled in the early pioneer era of its history. Walton was born at Rome, Lawrence County, Ohio, on 14 August 1859. He was a son of Thomas A. and Sarah E. (Massy) Walton, both natives of Ohio. The father having been born in Lawrence County, in 1830, and the mother in Lawrence County, in 1832, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Darling) Massey.
Judge Thomas A. Walton was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Whitten) Walton, both natives of England, where a representative of the Walton family was the Duke of Leeds. The parents of Judge Walton were numbered among the representative pioneers of Ohio, in which state they continued their residence until their death. In his native state Judge Walton received advanced educational advantages as gauged by the standards of the locality and period, and he not only became an able civil engineer, but also a prominent lawyer and jurist in Lawrence County, Ohio, where he was engaged in the proactive of law as a young man and where he served for some time on the bench of the District Court.
In 1885 Judge Walton removed to Harper County, Kansas. After devoting two years to farming there he engaged in the same line of enterprise in Barber County, Kansas, where he continued his residence until 1893, when he participated in the opening of the Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma Territory and settled on a tract of land to which he entered claim in Old Woods County. He continued his residence until 1900, when he and his wife established their home at Victoria, the judicial center of the Texas, Victoria County. There they passed the remainder of their lives, Judge Walton passed away in 1906 and his widow in 1913. Their marriage was solemnized in the year 1854 and they became the parents of 5 sons and 4 daughters:
Lee A. Walton passed the period of his childhood and early youth on his father's farm in Lawrence County, Ohio, and made good use of the advantages afforded by the public schools of his native county. When he was 16 years of age he proved himself eligible for pedagogic honors and engaged in teaching in a district school. He continued his successful work as a teacher and also initiated the study of law, in which he eventually gained a broad and accurate fund of technical knowledge. Under the direction of his father he studied and worked as a civil engineer, and served as deputy county surveyor of Lawrence County, under the administration of his father, this position having been retained by him when he was 17 years old.
In 1883, when he was 24 years of age, Lee Walton came to the West and entered claim to a tract of government land in Harper County, Kansas. He devoted two and one-half years to reclamation and other improvement work on his claim, and in connection with these pioneer farming operations he also found requisition for his services as a teacher in the local schools.
In 1885 he moved to Stevens County, Kansas, where he engaged in teaching school and where he served four years as county surveyor. For a time he was editor and publisher of weekly paper in the village of Moscow, Kansas, and the former vigorous town of Fargo Springs, Kansas, claimed him for a period as one of its leading merchants. During the last five years of his residence in Kansas, Lee Walton gave his attention principally to farming and teaching in Barber County.
When, in 1893, the Cherokee Strip of Oklahoma Territory was thrown open to settlement, Mr. Walton was one of those who made the "Run" into this new region, and he had since been closely and prominently identified with this section of the state -- a valued exponent of civic and material development and advancement. Lee Walton was the owner of a valuable, well improved farm in the fertile Driftwood Valley, in Woods County, in which he gave his supervision, as in other various real estate and business interests. He maintains his residence at Alva, the county seat where his modern, attrative family home was a center of gracious hospitality and good cheer.
In politics Lee Walton had always been actively arrayed as a supporter of the principles, policies for which the republican party stands sponsor, and he was prominently concerned with the organization of tits contingent in Woods County. At the last session of the Oklahoma Territorial legislature, in 1907, he served as doorkeeper of the council or upper house of that body. In 1908 he was the republican candidate for county clerk of Woods County, his defeat for this office being compassed by only seventeen votes. In 1910-1911 he was associated in the editorial management of the Alva Morning Times. In 1883, fully six years prior to the opening of Oklahoma Territory to settlement, Lee Walton assisted in the surveying of the Cherokee Strip in Indian Territory, at the instance of and for the benefit of the cattlemen then operating in this region.
On April 23, 1883, was solemnized the marriage of Lee Walton to Frederica C. Farson, daughter of Henry C. and Louise (Seikerman) Farson, who were at the time residents of Ashland, Kentucky. Frederica Farson was born in the Province of Westpahlia, Germany, on 25 November 1864 and was a child of six years at the time of the family immigration to the United States, in 1870.
Lee and Frederica Walton had three children:
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Thanks For the Memories
"I am so glad that you started the e-zine. I have enjoyed reading all the years. It has brought back so many memories of my growing up in Alva, after my mother and father grew up there also. I look forward to reading the next one coming the next week. I really enjoy the pictures and articles. I am Ann Marie Beagley Hughes. I graduated from Alva High School in l956 and attended our 50th reunion a couple of years ago and was delighted to see so many old classmates. I hope to add some memories that I may have that will interest others sometime. Again thank you for all your efforts in publishing this. I commend you." -- Ann Marie Beagley Hughes - Email: anmreeh@sbcglobal.net - OkieLegacy Comment
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Oklahoma Weather (01/17/2008)
"We had a mist that changed to light rain and it ultimately changed to freezing rain and light snow when that hard-driving wind came in from the north (shortly before 5 P.M. yesterday, Jan. 16, 2008) but it quit again last night and channel 9 weather-man Gary England told us 'not to worry' that it would go away today (Jan. 17), while the 'weather-wizard-from-Hell' at the ABC outlet was trying to scare everyone (as usual) into hiding under the covers for the rest of Winter. They must really be hard-up for viewers there, the way they keep warning us to watch their news and weather or we'll suffer the consequences. Hmm...... I don't think this green tea will ever take the place of the taste of coffee.
Our gasoline prices have dropped back down to $2.89.9 (1/18/2008) and perhaps they'll stay down for awhile this time. We'll just have to wait and see. Especially after this new 'arctic front' comes through. Think I'll quit now and get some rest.
Oklahoma gas was 10-cents too high on the gas prices here in Perry. They're at $2.79.9 (1/19/2008) and we're expecting the temperatures to drop below 20 degrees tonight (Saturday).
My little "min-pin' (miniature-pinscher) stays outside so long as I think she can stand it, but if it's dark or icy (or more than an inch of snow covering the ground) I let her in (shut up in the bathroom) while I'm at work. Her dog house isn't heated, but it's dry and she'll stay in it so long as the squirrels don't 'annoy' her.
It's sunny again today, but chilly. I certainly don't want any of that -70 (Greenland) or even your -17, but I suppose we'll take whatever comes along. I presume that you heard about the frozen lakes up north and that place where they were concerned about Global Warming has had the hardest freeze in about 100 years. I wonder if Niagara Falls will freeze solid again like it did in 1932 or '33 (I have pictures of that one). " -- Roy K.
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Growin' Up In Oklahoma & Texas Panhandle
We are in the process of taking down Kenneth Updike's stories and ramblings of "Growing Up In Oklahoma" because Kenneth asked us, "To remove all of my previous writings to you about my Ramblins. Personal stories that I told you and your readers. My Son has had all of my writings, and notes copyrighted so that we can put them in a book or booklet. His idea. I really have no objections to this, but he insists we can be viewed by more people. I leave it up to him. Thanks for your help in the past, and I still read your Okie Legacy nearly every week."
If you find some of Kenneth's Ramblings that I have missed, Please email me the link with Vol. and Iss. numbers so that this NW Okie can remove them. Thanks for your help!
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Thomas Kinkade Web Site
Roy sent me this link for the Thomas Kinkade web site. I have several puzzles that are done from Kinkade's paintings. Here is the link to Kinkade's web site: Thomas Kinkade Site
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Alva Square Winter 1945-46
"What a great photo! I notice that the old Santa Fe Depot still has the tower on it, which was removed at some point in its history. Of course, it no longer exists and is itself only a memory." -- Rod - OkieLegacy Comment
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Pioneer John B. Doolin, Sr. - Alva, OK
"On July 3, 1913, at Pawhuska, Oklahoma, he was united in marriage with Miss Leo Museller. To this union came two children, to-wit, John B., Jr., born May 25, 1918, and James Museller, born June 24, 1920. The widow and both sons survived him. He died on December 30, 1939, interment at Alva." -- SBW - OkieLegacy Comment
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Rosston, Oklahoma
Rosston, Oklahoma -- Western Harper County, Oklahoma, 7 miles north of Laverne. Post office established January 28, 1914. original townsite name was Ross, by plat filed July 15, 1912. The name was coined from the name of two prominent residents, Raphael H. Ross and A. R. Rallston. -- From Oklahoma Place Names, by George H. Shirk.
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Prince of All Glory
"Just turned this thing on to search for a gospel title that's probably called, Prince Of All Glory and have found no trace of it. I've gone through 4 drawers of my music file cabinets (hundreds of song sheets and many, many books, hymnals, etc...) and then did a title search through Worship Today Music Service. No luck yet.
Have YOU ever heard of it? I don't know who wrote it nor what the first line might be and at this point I'm stumped. I think I'll 'Bcc' some folks and see if anyone's ever heard of it? The guy who asked me to find it is also researching through some more folks. At this point I've only found one gospel number with "prince" as the first word in the title." -- Roy
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