Duchess' Melting Snowy Domain

March, 2010 has come in like a lamb here in Southwest Colorado, inf Bayfield. The temperatures during the day were in the mid-40's and heavy melting of snow and icicles falling off the roof edges.

We still have mounds, hills of snow piled up from earlier roof shoveling. I wondering how long it will take to melt the hills of snowpiles? The last day of February brought another inch of wet snow.

This Duchess Pug has been trying to get NW Okie to work on this newsletter. I even get nose-to-nose, face-to-face. When NW Okie gets hooked, focused into her genealogy, there is hardly anything that can get her attention. I have tried to tell her I can not do this alone and Sadie isn't much help.

After celebrating her 62nd birthday, 25 February, NW Okie delved into her genealogy over at Ancestry.com. NW Okie says, "I am just trying to separate and organize my Paternal, Maternal and In-Law genealogy into their own family trees for smaller files so I can read them separately on my iphone. The one big file is too Big to view on an iphone!"

That is why this week's OkieLegacy Newsletter has reached into the wee hours of Tuesday morn, instead of being published on Monday as usual. Sorry about the wait it has caused many of you.

Good Night! And Good Luck!
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Rock Formations of Western New Mexico

NW Okie took this digital, nightly (dusk photo) while traveling North on Hwy 491, that is a North-South route in the western part of New Mexico, just South of the Shiprock formation, on the westside of the highway.

The southside of the above photo on the left has some interesting light and dark shapes. If you look at it long enough you might find some images of … perhaps Indian Chiefs. Do you see the small layers of snow spread out around on the ground?
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Shiprock Formation At Dusk

The image on the rightt is a black & white digital, nightly shot taken in the mid-afternoon, February 23, 2010, with the camera app on my iphone of Shiprock formation along Hwy 491.

The photo on the left is the same image, but using a different lighting effect with the camera app on my iphone.
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Weather, Earthquakes, Etc …

We hear that the 23rd February 2010 that southern Oklahoma got an early morn dusting of snow. One of our reader (subscribers) sais, "Well, your snow is getting here this morning. Just a dusting out right now, but suppose to be around an inch by this afternoon when it moves out. I guess we can handle that, if you can handle all you've got the past month. Well! The snow might not have came from Colorado, but since you were the closest person at hand, I thought I'd just blame it on you. LOL! Drive safe."

I suppose you all have heard and have been following the 8.8 earthquake the hit down in Chile! BUT … Did you know about the 4. earthquake that hit up around Wellston, near Jones, Oklahoma? If I am correct, that makes about 3 or 4 small earthquakes that have rumbled through that part of east-central Oklahoma.

One of our Kansas reader's sent us this message she received from one of her listserve concerning "Help A Reporter Out." It reads, "Query: Seeking information and contacts regarding the Kiowa 5, a group of Kiowa Native Americans who painted murals across Oklahoma during the Great Depression."

If you have any information, please contact John Schmeltzer (Routes) through the Balmer Fund - email: wepreserve@balmerfund.org. Thanks!
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Okie Dokie Memories

Roy of Perry, Oklahoma says, "Each time that I see a reply of okie dokie, I am reminded that when I was a small child (about 1936 or so) my grandmother, Martha Elizabeth [Burdick] Kendrick had a cafe in Britton, Oklahoma that was called the Okie Doke Cafe and she sold a lot of hamburgers (about the size of a salad plate, smaller than a dinner plate but larger than a saucer) at 5 cents each.

"For one of my birthdays, probably 3rd or 4th, she made me a large white birthday cake with strawberry icing. It's interesting what can trigger a memory like that.

"That cafe was probably next-door east of the movie theatre that was built much later (the Ritz at Britton) where I began my first movie job on July 26, 1948. I worked in movie theatres and the entertainment industry for about 30 years."
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The Gottschalk Story & Perry, OK

Roy says, " I wonder if the Gottschalk in this story was related to any of the folks here in Perry?"

According to scrapbookpages.com/Buchernwald/, entitled Liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp, "The Buchenwald concentration camp was liberated on April 11, 1945 by four soldiers in the Sixth Armored Division of the US Third Army, commanded by General George S. Patton. Just before the Americans arrived, the camp had already been taken over by the Communist prisoners who had killed some of the guards and forced the rest to flee into the nearby woods. Pfc. James Hoyt was driving the M8 armoured vehicle which brought Capt. Frederic Keffer, Tech. Sgt. Herbert Gottschalk and Sgt. Harry Ward to the Buchenwald camp that day."
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Dunlap & Warwick Family Connection

One of our Warwick/Dunlap family network connection sent us this interesting tidbit concerning Colonel Alexander Dunlap (1743-1828). It has to do with the correction of an identification of Dunlap in Oren F. Morton's history book concerning the Dunlap's and Warwick's of Virginia.

Michelle says, "It is titled, Colonel Alexander Dunlap (1743-1828) The Correction of An Identification. The relation is Jacob's mother was Elizabeth Dunlap Warwick. This Col. Alexander Dunlap (1743-1828) is either her brother or father. I am thinking brother because of the date. Col. Dunlap is approximately the same age as Jacob Warwick( b. 1747). Jacob's father was William Warwick. Jacob's mother was Elizabeth Dunlap Warwick, married in 1737, Orange Co. Va. Elizabeth is the daughter of Alexander Dunlap and Janet Ann MacFarland (sometimes called Jean or Jeano)."

Michelle goes onto say, "In 1763, William Warwick's brother, John. They came to the Americas together. William's daughter, Janet, married James Gay. William's daughter, Martha, married Major John Stevenson and their families were killed in a raid by the Shawnee led by Cornstalk, at Kerr's Creek.

"In 1764, William Warwick left Virginia and never came back, leaving his surviving children and his wife, Elizabeth. Was he broken hearted? Why did he leave? Our question was, did these circumstances drive Jacob Warwick's decision to go to the October 10, 1774 -- The Battle of Point Pleasant? Was it duty or revenge?

"His story from the Battle of Point Pleasant is great in and of itself. One article claimed that Jacob Warwick was ultimately responsible for Cornstalk surrendering. It claims Jacob Warwick was sent to hunt for the Army and Cornstalk saw Jacob and a few men. Cornstalk mistakened the hunters for backup and surrendered. Which ultimately led to Cornstalk's death. And if you believe in Pt. Pleasant folklore is related to Mothman and the constant cloud over the town of Pt. Pleasant, WV." Michelle also says, "The Dunlaps were big landowners, obviously, but in one of the articles I read while researching was the Dunlaps were the first family to permanantly settle west of the Alleghenies. So that is kind of a claim to fame."
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Herbert 'Tup' Brand Died

Roy of Perry also says, "This name might not mean anything to you but at age 89, 'Tup' left kinfolks who were married into some families quite well known, such as the Chenoweth's. His grandson Russell was married to Angela (Goodwin) whose mom, Sally, is a Chenoweth descendent and any way that you spell the name Chenyweth, Chenwerth, you are probably related, as am I through my great-great grandmother Isobel Chenoweth, who married into my Warner ancestry. My mom's mother was a Warner out of the Ohio Warners.

"If any of this makes sense to you or makes you want to know more about 'Tup' Brand, who was known in fishing circles nation wide because he'd co-authored a book or two on antique lures, you can find his obit at: www.brown-duggerfuneralhome.com and click on 'obituaries' in the upper right."
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