OkieLegacy Goes To The Dogs...

Well! That NW Okie has finally let me at the keyboard once again. BUT... I seem to have a little black shadow hanging all over me and trying to take over the keyboard. I told Sadie, "If you want to help, just sit quietly and watch how things are down. You will get your chance at this on your first birthday in April."

Meanwhile, NW Okie has been busy typing up an article for the Prairie Connection, 2005 December Issue. If you don't subscribe to the Prairie Connection, then you might want to get your subscription in before it's too late. It's a great newspaper filled with great stories of our past pioneers. Any amount you provide over $30 may be used as a tax deductible contribution. To subscribe for $20 or $30, make your check payable to The Balmer Fund, Inc., and mail to: Prairie Connection - 121 West Main Street - Harper, KS 67058. You can email Rosalea Hostetler at her email: wepreserve@balmerfund.org if you want to share some of your pioneer stories in "The Prairie Connection."

As for photos of me and my shadow... Check out our Vallecito Webshots - The Pugs Directory. While you are over there, glance through our youngest son's photographs of Colorado in the RL Wagner copyrighted 2005 album.

We did hear from a few readers in Georgia ($1.999 to $2.019) and Ohio ($1.959, November 20th, 2005) concerning the unleaded gas prices. Saturday, November 25th, 2005, in Bayfield, Colorado we saw gas prices drop 10-cents ($2.439) from what it was last week.

NW Okie wanted me to ask, "If any of you NW Oklahomans (or former Oklahomans) out there ever heard of the Hyck Place located two (2) blocks south of the bank in Goltry, Oklahoma. We understand that the building was moved from Karoma, Oklahoma by a Mr. Hyck.

Also... Remember last week's photo showing the Main Street of Goltry looking west from the corner of Broadway & Main? We found out through a readers comment that the bank building is on the right and the former "Bogdans Drug Store" is on the left. Thanks to Jim Bradley for that history tidbit.

This is a short newsletter this weekend and we know it is a day late. BUT... with all the Thanksgiving holiday eating, football and gathering with family & friends, we thought you wouldn't mind this weekend letting "The OkieLegacy go to the dogs." We are Thankful for everyone of you who write-in and share pieces of your past with us all. Thanks again! View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

This Time Last Year In the Rockies...

This time last year we had 3 to 4 inches of snow here south of Bayfield, Colorado while the San Juan Mountains north of here had from 15 or 16 inches. This is an exerpt of our November 27, 2004, Vol. VI, Iss. 47 and Duchess' SW Corner... "Last weekend was our first really big snow here in the valley below the San Juan Mountains in Southwest Colorado. While we were getting approximately 3 to 4 inches in the valley, the higher elevations were getting a steady stream of snow that ended up measuring around 15 to 16 inches of that white fluffy stuff. Boy! It can sure make these majestic mountains and lakes glimmer in the full moonlight at night. This photo was taken 20th of November 2004 at our place in the valley. AND... This weekend they promised us another big snowstorm on the way. Oakie loves the snow in the mountains, but this Pug writer does a little tip-toe dance through the morning snow to take care of business. After that... Everything is just hunky-dorey... as they would say!" View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

The Hyck Place In Goltry, OK...

"One home where I lived, at Goltry, was known as the Hyck Place located two blocks south of the bank in Goltry. One part of the house was said to have been moved to Goltry from Karoma by Mr Hyck. It had been the Congregational Church building at Karoma. My father, Albert Bradley, ran the F. J. Gentry Lumber Yard there in Goltry. My grandfather, Charley Bradley, farmed three miles east of the NW corner of Goltry, on land he purchased from Seward Mutersbaugh. I graduated Goltry High School in 1954, and NWOSU in 1959." -- Jim Bradley - jbrad723@bluevalley.net View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Caught Off Guard...

"I was totally surprised when you referred to yourself as an 'aging' NW Okie! And then you mentioned hunting berries in the mid-1950s. From the photo posted in your newsletter, I had presumed that you might be in your mid-40s at the most. I don't think of myself as old yet but had presumed that I was at least old enough to be your father (my oldest son has turned 40 this year). Now I'm totally confused (and no! I never ask a lady her age, and am even afraid to guess anymore! I think I'd better quit typing this right now before I get myself in BIG trouble. Stay young! I certainly intend to (as long as possible)." View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Doing Project On German POWs In USA...

"I am working on a project about German POWs in the US. I wasn't able to find any information about the editor of this side. I found it very interesting and would like to use it as a source, but therefore I need more information about the editor. Also, if anybody has authentic material about staff, oral history or something like that, I would be very happy if you would share it with me. My goal is to portray the life of German POWs as realistic as possible. Thanks." -- a. buerkle - Email: twinky0312@yahoo.de View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Gas Prices In Waynoka, OK...

"Linda, Gas is $1.99 in Waynoka today, 11/26/05." -- Sandie View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Gas Prices In Perry, OK...

"Even though the prices went back up to $1.99.9 Wednesday here in Perry, Oklahoma, they dropped back to $1.97.9 Friday and I just checked again (at 4:30 PM Saturday) and they're still at the $1.97.9 price, same as they were a week ago. It's my understanding that there are 2 stations in Oklahoma City that are about 10 cents cheaper than that." -- Roy View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

OkieLegacy Connects With The Prairie Connection...

"Oh! Thank you, Linda... That will be a great addition to our December Issue. Wow! What an enterprise! What you have done is so exciting and amazing! How do you have time to do it all, and how do you fund it all? What a gift to the prairies! If any of your people would like to send their stories for possible publication in the Prairie Connection, we'd be delighted! We are nonprofit (501(c)(3) and can't pay anything... I don't get paid either -- volunteer almost 2000 hours a year. But they will know they are sharing something precious." -- Rosalea

[EDITOR'S NOTE: You can read about "Okielegacy's Beginnings" in the "Prairie Connection," 2005 December Issue. Get your Prairie Connect Subscriptions in NOW! We know your donation and subscription to The Balmer Fund, Inc. will be appreciated. AND... Yes! The OkieLegacy is NOT affiliated with the Balmer Fund, Inc. We are just doing our part to help another interested in preserving the prairie for the next generation. Thanks from the OkieLegacy and this NW Okie!] View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe