The OkieLegacy Newsletter is running late and short this Sunday due to the fact that we have been on the road since 7:00 a.m. CST. Thanks for your understanding!

As November 2008 rounded the corner this Saturday, we found ourselves setting back the clocks an hour Saturday evening before bedtime. Yep! It was that time to Fall back to Standard Time this weekend, Sunday, November 2, 2008 as we left Daylight Savings Time behind until next Spring (2009).

We may have had an extra hour this morning in Northwest Oklahoma when we awoke and headed West towards Colorado around 7:00a.m., but as we crossed the Kansas and Colorado border this afternoon, we gained another hour when we traveled into Mountain Standard Time.

We arrived in SW Colorado around 6:35 p.m. MST. It was sunny and calm all the way with the temperatures in the mid-70's until we reached the SW Colorado Rockies this evening with temperatures reaching 55 degrees.

Also... We left the $2.05.9 gas prices of Alva, Oklahoma and climbed up to $2.79.9 in Bayfield, Colorado. The Alva, gas prices at Loves Country Store was hanging at $2.05.9 while the Ampride/Cenex station across the street was about 6 to 7 cents higher.
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On the Road To Colorado

Well! It was a long week in Northwest Oklahoma this week. We checked on friends and horses all this week and viewed Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) homecoming parade, Saturday, November 1, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., around the downtown square in Alva, Oklahoma.

Seems like the crowds, bands have been shrinking over the last few years. I do have to say that the floats this year were something more than just a pickup pulling a flatbed. I have placed some movie clips of NWOSU's homecoming parade 2008 over at our OkieLegacy-YouTube site.

You can always tell when the parade comes to an end because they seem to reserve that spot for the horses and riders (See photo on the right).

The photo on the left is a digital snapshot of Alva High School marching band performing in front of the judges seated in front of the Alva Rialto Theater.

While taking the movie clips of NWOSU's homecoming parade, my SD camera card got full before the end of the hour long parade. Next time I will know better and carry an extra SD card with me.
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1st Congregational Church Journal (1896-1900)

1st congregational church pdf file 1896-1901 -- "Think I got them all sent to you. Let me know if something is "missing." You should already have the pics of the deed, the envelope and the 2 ledgers. I know I already sent the Pastors list, but sent it again anyway. I really appreciate you taking the time to do the pdf format." -- Kathy
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1929 - Windows Shattered By Blast In Kansas

Winfield, Kan., Oct. 30, 1929 -- "Wooden barricades replaced windows in the majority of Winfield stores Wednesday night, following the loss of plate glass from a nitroglycerine explosion Wednesday afternoon at a magazine three and one-half miles west of the city.

"Three thousand quarts of the explosive were said to have been in the magazine and in a smaller one which also was destroyed.

"Furniture, dishes and windows in farmhouses near the magazine were broken. many windows in the residential section of Winfield also were broken." -- The Oklahoman, dated Oct. 31, 1929, page 1, headlines read: "Windows Shattered By Blast in Kansas."
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1929 - Kin of Mrs. Will Rogers Shot

Rogers, Ark., Oct. 30, 1929 -- "apparently a victim of an accidental discharge from his own shotgun, J. Everett Stroud, 45 years old, a brother-n-law of Mrs. Will rogers wife of the humorist, was found dead in a ravine near here Wednesday." -- The Oklahoman, dated Oct. 31, 1929, page 1, headlines read: "Kin of Mrs. Will Rogers Shot"
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Found Something On McGill

"I came across this while I was hunting for something else. Anyway, thought I'd pass it on just in case they were relatives of yours. The URL is: Lawmen and Outlaws (It's the "M" page from Lawmen and Outlaws. This page has some other links you can click on too.

LAWMEN & OUTLAWS (Oklahoma & Indian Territory)
McGill, Clyde - Sheriff 1955-1970, Love County
McGill, Enoch - Unknown Logan County
McGill, John - U.S. Deputy Marshall, Indian Territory
(brd Black, Red, and Deadly by Art Burton Copyright 1991 304 pages, 25 pages of photographs, bibliography information and index. Published by Eakin Press, Austin, TX.)" -- Kathy
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Perry OK Gas Prices

Nov. 2, 2008 -- "Gasoline at several stations here in Perry were at $2.07.9 for most of the week and then dropped another 6 cents today to $2.01.9! That's almost 1/2 what it was earlier in the year." -- Roy
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OkieLegacy Guestbook

2008-10-28 -- "I am greatly enjoying your website—both photos of Alva and stories about it. Both of my paternal g-grandfathers (Robert Marion Watson and Franklin C. “Pete” Langley) and one gg-grandfather (John Lord, the father of Pete Langley’s wife) settled there after making the run. All lived in Kansas immediately prior to the run. Watson was a farmer NW of town, originally from Ohio. Langley was a farmer, a US Deputy Marshal along with his friend, Snoddy, and also managed at one time what was later called the Gunn Hotel (Runnymeade). I can trace him back to Illinois. John Lord was at one time a blacksmith and he came originally from New Hampshire. His daughter, Pete’s wife, was Charlotte Elizabeth Lord Langley." -- Sharon King
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