Sadie! Sadie! Shady Pretty Lady In Waiting...

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Duchess Snowy Domain

Vol 12, Iss 10 The view on the left is what you could expect to see up at the Vallecito Res., in Southwest Colorado, in the San Juan mountains, north of Bayfield. Saturday, Sunday and Monday was a different picture, though.

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Duchess Deer Domain

Vol 11, Iss 47 HAPPY THANKSGIVING! ... Welcome to our Evening eZine/Newspaper! Seems like NW Okie has left this Duchess Pug with a heavy load the past few weeks. I'm goin' take a long snooze afterwards with my wildlife creatures in my Deer Domain … AND … GO ON STRIKE!

By the way … Have you met my friend Mr. Buck pictured on the left while he was grazing on fallen wildbird seed mix?

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Duchess' Domain

Vol 11, Iss 34 The weather and temperature in SW Colorado on Monday morning, August 24th, 2009, was at 52F witht he humidity at 54% and an overcast, cloudy Monday morning. The Albuquerque, NM weathermen were talking last night of the monsoon's coming through SW New Mexico all this next week. Before that our temps were in the high 80's. It is good to see the rain!

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Spring Snow of March 2009 - NW Oklahoma

Vol 11, Iss 13 The digital photo on the left was taken by one of my sons, Michael E. Wagner, living in the Alva, Oklahoma area during this weeks Spring Snow, March 28, 2009.

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Happy New Year 2009

Vol 11, Iss 1 As we wound down the last week of 2008 by bringing in another New Year, we have been enjoying some much needed sunshine that helped compact and melt a few inches of the snow that fell in SW Colorado during Christmas week.

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Moving Weekend

Vol 10, Iss 26 Patti Page - Its A Good Day
Where has June 2008 gone? Our Independence Day (July 4th) is just around the corner! AND... things are hectic this weekend in SW Colorado for the Wagner family!

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From Tornadoes To Snow

Vol 10, Iss 21
Some of us have been panting like a short-nosed Pug in this warm, humid Oklahoma Spring climate. Other two legged creatures have experienced the itchy eye syndromes of the weed/tree pollens that are high around northwest Oklahoma this time of year.

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Vol 9, Iss 26 Please excuse our tardiness this week and next. Besides gardening, building a water-fountain, we are also in the process of heading out to California for a week.

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Vol 8, Iss 23 We give you this rose from our garden as a present for your patience, understanding and staying connected with this NW Okie and her two Pugs. We appreciate everyone for helping us learn and preserve our memories and heritage. We know we couldn't do it without you. Thanks to you all! You can also view more of our Roses & Tomatoes at Oakie Webshots - Roses & Tomatoes Album.

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Vol 8, Iss 5 We seemed to have jogged a few memories of old cistern tales out there. Thanks to everyone that sent in their stories. Also, we forwarded those stories to "The Prairie Connection."

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Vol 7, Iss 49 Here it is Saturday afternoon by the fireplace in the valley of southwest Colorado -- trying to keep warm [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Giving Thanks & Genealogy Info

Vol 10, Iss 47 As a dry, cold front settled through Southwest Colorado by mid-week we encountered gas prices falling below the $2 mark in Durango, Colorado.

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600 Block of Barnes Avenue - Alva, OK...

Vol 7, Iss 25 We have been reading in our Footprints Across Woods County history book -- looking for information on the Pribble Hotel, DeGeers Grocery Store, Illinois Cigar Store and Alva Body & Fender Works [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Our NEW Grand Niece

Vol 7, Iss 13 March 24, 2005 we received news that our NEW grand niece made her appearance known [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Freedom, OK's 2008 Old Cowhand - Dean Wilson

Vol 10, Iss 34 We didn't make it back to Northwest Oklahoma last weekend for Freedom's Rodeo, Cowhand Reunion and Shootout. BUT... We read in this week's NW Oklahoma weekly newspaper, The Freedom Call, that Dean Wilson was the honored Old Cowhand this year (2008) at Freedom's Old Cowhand Reunion & Rodeo.

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Old Opera House Mystery Continues...

Vol 8, Iss 29 The continuing story of the Old Opera House Mystery - Part II has hit the newstands and mailboxes with the July/August edition of the "Prairie Connection [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

1939 - Waynoka Newspaper...

Vol 6, Iss 9 We were reading a 1939 Northwest Oklahoma newspaper (The Waynoka News ) dated Thursday, June 15, 1939 [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Immigrants Make Up America

Vol 12, Iss 27 America - With the talk of Independence Day, and this being the day after the 4th of July 2010, We ask you, "Aren't we all immigrants or Descendants of Immigrants?"

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Insight Into Grandma & Warwick's

Vol 11, Iss 43 With no more letters from john C. McClure, we assume that the communication of letters ceased to exist after August 1906 and Constance moved on to her next beau. Was it William J. McGill? We are not sure yet, but suspect as much.

NW Okie has been working on more of the Warwick census reports over at Ancestry.com and updating information in NW Okie's Genealogy pages for Warwick / McGill / Paris / Wagner Family and adding old photos to the Family Photo Albums at her genealogy site.

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Update of 2006 Blizzard

Vol 9, Iss 1 We hear from some Kansas readers that the first part of January, 2007 there was snow, but only a few flurries -- about 45 degrees with sun -- a rather nice day. Other parts to the west got the blowing, drifting snow and road closures up towards Nebraska.

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Do You Need a FREE Web Email?....

Vol 7, Iss 38 This NW Okie has been trying out Gmail & Google's web-based Email system [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Old Opera House Mystery of 1910...

Vol 8, Iss 17 What are the talking about in the coffee shops in northwest Oklahoma and Southern Kansas? It must be the cover story that is making its debute in the May edition of the "Prairie Connection." This Harper, Kansas history newspaper hit the newstands this weekend. Do you have your copy yet?

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Looking Back ... To 1891 - Clark Pioneers

Vol 11, Iss 17 January 3, 1891 Clark Pioneers In Oklahoma Territory -- The following story is a recollection of the Pioneers, the Clark's that came to Kansas, around Kiowa, and made the run into Oklahoma Territory, November 16, 1893. The Clark's mentioned below are ancestors of J. L. "Bud" Clark of Alva, Oklahoma.

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Warwick, Woods & M Questions

Vol 8, Iss 34 One reader asked us, "Where did you get the name Warwick from? Any relation to the Warwick's of Pocahontas County, West Virginia?"

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NWOSU's Green Space Dedication (9/9/2008)

Vol 10, Iss 37 Our oldest son, Michael E. Wagner, took some recent video of Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) dedication, September 9, 2008, in Alva, Oklahoma, of the NEW Green Space on the northwest corner of NWOSU's campus, where the old women's dorm, Oklahoma Hall, once stood.

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Looking Back ... To The Future!

Vol 11, Iss 15 Looking back at the OkieLegacy beginnings ten years has has been somewhat interesting to see where we started from and where we are now. The archives shows the 1st Issue we published as a multiple feature format. Before then, it was basically a weekly personal journal entry.

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NWOSU Spring '09 Honor Rolls

Vol 11, Iss 25 Michael says, "I have to let you know that the Spring '09 honor roll is out. I once again made it on the President's Honor Roll for Post Graduate students (4.0)."

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History of McKeever School

Vol 12, Iss 21 McKeever School, Oklahoma - The History of McKeever School, written and researched by Milt Lehr, Professor Emeritus, NWOSU. The Cherokee Outlet of the territory of Oklahoma was opened to settlement by the Land Run of 1893. After securing a homestead, the pioneers' immediate concern was the education of their children. The first schools were often a soddie or log building and later schools were built using clapboard, stucco, of wood and plaster construction.

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1925 Spring & Summer Seniors...

Vol 7, Iss 14 "I found this (Class Roll - Spring & Summer Seniors of Alva High School) when cleaning out a closet [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

March Winds

Vol 9, Iss 9 [Transcribed by OkieLegacy & LK McGill Wagner from Scott Cummins book, "Musings of the Pilgrim Bard," page 13 [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Greetings, Alva High Goldbugs...

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Canadian (Texas) Red Hats...

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Woods County Borders In 1906

Vol 8, Iss 33 "Linda, I have contacted Donna [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Calling All '89 AHS Goldbugs

Vol 10, Iss 50 "My high school class is currently planning their 20th reunion [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Col. Kirkbride's Peanut Brittle Legacy

Vol 10, Iss 52 Fred Neuman's Boys choir tradition of making and selling peanut brittle makes news in Iowa [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

1944 - Herb Gold Says

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Return of the NW Oklahoma Cardinal

Vol 10, Iss 10

Vol 7, Iss 23 Another COOL week in SW Colorado finds us traveling back from the '49 era of NW Oklahoma last week -- finding ourselves catching up with the present for a few minutes -- looking back to the early 1900's (1908-1912) in Woods County, Oklahoma with a brief glance into the 1950's and early 1980's [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Duchess' Snowy Domain

Vol 12, Iss 4 As we round the last corner of January 2010, we have had a couple or three days of reprieve from snow storms here in the San Juan mountains of Southwest Colorado, but it has been downright chilly with temps in the high 20s and low 30s during the day and dropping to negative figures at night. BUT … Isn't that to be expected during Wintertime?

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Vol 11, Iss 46 We hear Wolf Creek Ski Resort got another 30 inches of snow added this last weekend to its already 50 inch base it already had accumulated. Here North of Bayfield, Colorado we received about 4 inches of snow Saturday, November 14, 2009.

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Duchess' Domain

Vol 11, Iss 33 Can you remember what you were doing 40 years ago, during the Summer of '69, August 15-18, 1969 to be exact? Were you one of those 450,000 rock-n-roll music lovers, hippies making their way to the "Peace & Love" Woodstock Festival at White Lake, New York? Lots was happening the Summer of '69!

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Happy St. Patricks Day!

Vol 11, Iss 11 Yep! The wearing of the emerald-green for some of us Irish is just around the corner. Tuesday to be exact! I am thinking about wearing my green into Durango and partaking of some Irish stew and green beer on St. Patricks Day.

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Winter Snow for Christmas '08

Vol 10, Iss 51 We wish you all the best during the Holidays & Merry Christmas to You & Yours! Happy Winter Solstice!

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Another Place

Vol 10, Iss 23 For the past few months we have been busy scouring the classifieds for another place to lease up here in SW Colorado near the San Juan Mountains. Well! Finally... after checking out lots of local rentals, we have narrowed it down to a couple places and will be moving around the end of June or beginning of July. Hopefuly, around the end of June.

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On the Road To Oklahoma

Vol 9, Iss 45 We hear NW Okie is "On the Road to Oklahoma" this weekend. somewhere in Garden City, Kansas this Saturday evening -- heading towards Northwest Oklahoma for it's Centennial Celebration next weekend, November 16, 2007.

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Vol 9, Iss 23 While our yellow, pink roses, peonies and other flowers were blooming this week, we were feeling a June 2007 freeze during mid-week -- after the Wednesday Winds blew in gustily at 60 to 70 mph here in the southwest valley of Colorado.

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Happy 1st B-Day, Sadie Sadie...

Vol 8, Iss 16 Our Sweet, Snoozing Sadie Sadie, (pictured here) will be celebrating her first birthday, April 25, 2006, Tuesday. She is almost as smart as Duchess, but has a way to go ... yet!

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Okie's NW Corner

Vol 6, Iss 15

It has been beautiful weather around the NW parts earlier this week until Friday, 9 April 2004, when a cool front and showers brought approximately 1/2 inch of rain in our NW corner -- with promises of more cool, wet stuff to follow this weekend [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Kron Prinz Wilhelm Ship & Wagner Ancestrial Photos...

Vol 7, Iss 28 While back in SW Colorado we had a great visit with our brother and his wife (Lou & Kay (Westindick) Wagner) last weekend [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Wednesday Morning Backing on Maple Street...

Vol 7, Iss 21 Well! Oakie is at it again! Trying to put the blame on me and my friend, Ruff! It wasn't this View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

1926 Alva Businesses

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OkieLegacy's Blogs & Ezine Posting

Vol 9, Iss 36 I have gathered so much Oklahoma Legacies in the past 8 (going on 9 years) that sometimes I forget what all I have on my webpages.

I have been trying out some CMS/blog-type software on some of my website hosting servers to see if this is how, what I want to use to manage some of that information.

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Kansas, Indians & 1867 Peace Treaty....

Vol 8, Iss 24 Have you ever wondered what the "Rest of the Story" was concerning the Medicine Lodge Creek Peace Treaty of 1867?

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OkieLegacy Centennial Moment

Vol 9, Iss 37 The Run For Homes... Seventy-Five thousand In The Scramble. The Strip Is Opened At Last. The Horses Beat the Railroad Trains, Because of the Terrible Crash -- The Crack of 100 Carbines -- The Signal -- The Stampede For Land -- No Casualties of a Serious Nature Reported -- Scenes and Incidents.

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NW OK Marriage 1943

Vol 5, Iss 12 Oklahoma -

Fisher-Roby, Jr. - Saturday, 23 May, 1943, Alva, Okla. - Fisher, Roby vows Solemnized At Weigand Home Saturday Morning - The marriage of Miss Mary Alice Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fisher, 818 Center, and Max Roby, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Roby, Sr., Wichita, was solemnized at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at the home of the bride's cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Weigand, 729 Third St.

Once Upon A Warwick

Vol 10, Iss 17 Once upon a time very long ago, William Fechtig Warwick was born 11 August 1822 in Augusta County, Virginia to Robert Craig & Esther (Hull) Warwick. [See WARWICK Genealogy.]

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Duchess' Soapbox...

Vol 6, Iss 31

Y'all know that for the past eight weeks Oakie and I have been on the road between Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas and Texas with hardly enough time to take a pitstop and breather in our hometown of Alva.

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Another Shooting In 1941 - Alva...

Vol 7, Iss 3 Does anyone out there know of anyone who might be able to shed some light on what became of Kenneth Root (17 years of age in 1941)?

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Jacob & Mary (VANCE) WARWICK's Sketches...

Vol 7, Iss 14 Jacob & Mary (Vance) Warwick's framed sketches have found a family home [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

John Glen Smith Obit - 1926-2009

Vol 11, Iss 4 Last weekend our Uncle John Smith died, January 19, 2009. His obituary can be viewed at this link: Redinger Funeral Home - John Smith Obit. I do have a phone number where you can contact the oldest daughter of John & Geneva (Paris) Smith: Jeanette (Smith) Engle phone number: 405-352-4083.

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April Blizzard of the 1930's...

Vol 6, Iss 10 Another reader would like some information concerning a blizzard snow storm that hit Northwest Woods County (Oklahoma) sometime in April, in the 1930's [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Alva POW Camp Artist

Vol 5, Iss 13 Novosibirsk, Russia - "Dear Folks, I'm not sure who will read this, but here goes. My name is Diana Glasgow and all my great-grandparents pioneered in Woods County.

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1941 San Francisco CA - Skyline Room/China Town

Vol 11, Iss 8 I found a couple of pictures that I had of Uncle Bob McGill during WWII and him at Tank training school in Kentucky (I believe). I have uploaded them to my website and put a link to them for you to view

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Westview - A Waynoka Connection

Vol 11, Iss 6 We found this next item of interest in one of our packed boxes. It came from my husband's sister, Joan (Wagner) Hodgden. The name of the Journal was Westview - A Journal of Western Oklahoma, Vol. II, No. 4, a published quarterly by Southwestern Center for Regional Studies. It was published, Summer of 1983 by the executive committee of Southwestern Regional Studies Center.

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Home Comfort Stove Manual & Cookbook

Vol 11, Iss 27 Josée says, "Hello! I am from Quebec Canada and I went to your album about home comfort stove because I have one and I make a reaserch to know where it comes from and when it had been made. I can’t download the album because the extension .wbz is not recognize by my apple computer, but I can see that my model, "No. 1904."

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Digging Out 2008 & Looking for '66 Goldbugs

Vol 10, Iss 52 December 27, 2008, Saturday, we spent the morning (while the sun finally decided to shine) digging out our driveway so we could get into our home North of Bayfield, in southwest Colorado. We also caught a view of the giant icicles forming off the roof on our back pation.

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For The Record: OkieLegacy Ezine Format

Vol 8, Iss 35 "I still like the View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

The Rest of the Story...

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HURDT Genealogy...

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Athlete's Foot Times Rebirth...

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L. A. Wagner Cash Grocery - Alva, OK

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Let Us NOT Forget New Jersey

Vol 7, Iss 11 "I know you are into Oklahoma lore, but if you are going to quote Thomas Edison in your new news letter format as the View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Major County, Oklahoma Ghost Town - Phroso...

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NWOSU's New Parking Lot & Green Space

Vol 9, Iss 16 "Here’s one of a half-dozen photos I took today of the paving work on the new parking lot at NWOSU in Alva, on the site of the former OKLAHOMA HALL [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Binger, Oklahoma Story

Vol 8, Iss 35 "Good Morning, Ms Wagner! Writing in "My Ramblins" this morning, I ran across a short story that I had written sometime back concerning Binger, Okla [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Pioneer Frank N. Gray - Enid, OK

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DoubleO Sims Grocery

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Early NW Oklahoma Stores & Memorable People

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July 1935, News - Mary Eggstein's Pre-Nuptials...

Vol 7, Iss 20 Miss Mary Eggstein Is Pre-Nuptially Honored -- "As a prenuptial courtesy to Miss Mary Eggstein, whose marriage to LeRoy Gatz is to be an event of the near future, a miscellaneous shower was given recently by Mrs [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Vol 7, Iss 17 Another week has passed! It is the last weekend of April, 2005 filled with April showers for some of us -- snow for the higher elevation mountain folks [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Who Was St. Nicholas? Sinterklaas? Santa Claus?

Vol 11, Iss 51 With just four days before christmas, have you ever wondered … WHY? What is the real meaning of Christmas? Who was St. Nicholas? How does that relate to our Santa Claus of today? How did the Santa Claus tradition begin?

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Duchess Deer Debacle

Vol 11, Iss 43 Duchess and Sadie, The Pugs, still have been on deer alert here in Southwest Colorado. Particularly when the deer try to raid the hanging birdfeeder. This is a movie clip NW Okie took of my "Duchess Deer Debacle" this last Sunday morn, 25 October 2009. They have been split in to two movie clips: Duchess Deer Debacle I -- Duchess Deer Debacle II

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Dear Duchess

Vol 11, Iss 26 June 2009 is almost gone and July is just around the corner. For many in the small rural community of Dacoma, Oklahoma, that means staging a 3rd of July picnic and blowout of fireworks in their community park a day before Independence Day, July 4, 2009.

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Winter, Moons & Updates

Vol 11, Iss 2 This has been a dry, sunny week of melting in Southwest Colorado. The roads seem clear, but the snow remains with icicles melting, forming on the edges of house roofs. We did get about a quarter of an inch of snow Friday evening, but the sunshine on Saturday and Sunday has taken care of that new snow.

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Colorado To NW Oklahoma

Vol 10, Iss 43 [The photo on the left shows "The Pug & Sidekick" (Presidential Posse)! Front step: Duchess (The Pug) & Sadie (Sidekick) on back step, positioning for campaigning.] -- We got up early Friday morning, October 24, 2008, and packed "The Pug" and her sidekick, Sadie, into the Tundra pickup to make the journey East to NW Oklahoma along highway 160 East from SW Colorado.

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Pugs & SW Colorado Cooler, Drier Air

Vol 10, Iss 22 Well! What these horses hear from those SW Coloradians is, "We (NW Okie, David & The Pugs) left northwest Oklahoma early last Thursday morning and arrived at Bayfield, Colorado around 6:30 p.m. MDT after about a 12 hour drive through, western Oklahoma, southwestern Kansas and southeast Colorado."

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Vol 9, Iss 43 Last Sunday saw a cold front heading through the Rocky mountains and dropping 4 to 5 inches of snow as far South as Walsenberg and LaVeta, Colorado.

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Vol 8, Iss 30 Everyone needs a Rainbow shining in their lives now and then! So -- let us share this southwest Colorado rainbow that we captured the other evening after a light thundershower. [more]... View/Write Comments (count 4)   |   Receive updates (3 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Vol 8, Iss 9 Opening of the northwest corner of the Old Castle on the Hill campus. In other words... only the rubble remains of the women's dorm (Oklahoma Hall) on the norhtwest corner of NWOSU's campus, in Alva, Oklahoma. What a sight! This photograph was taken last week by R.L. Wagner. Thanks, Robb!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS From the Bottom of Our Heart.s...

Vol 7, Iss 51 To Keep this week's newsletter/ezine simple and short for this special weekend, we have included a couple of this writer's favorite Christmas poem and a 1897 editorial: Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus -- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

OkieLegacy Goes To The Dogs...

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Holiday Greetings To All

Vol 10, Iss 50 It has been snowing every few days here in southwest Colorado. Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, we wokeup to 2 inches of wet snow. I measured it on my NEW McWagner Snow Gauge that my youngest son made me.

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Alva High Class of 66...

Vol 7, Iss 27 Last Saturday evening the '66 Classic Bugs & Bugettes of Alva High met at "Champs Bar & Grill" in Alva, Oklahoma with the Classes of '64 & '65 for their Class Reunions [more]... View/Write Comments (count 2)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Our Family Genealogy Database...

Vol 7, Iss 16 This Genealogy & Family Tree stuff is like "A Neverending Story" [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

OkieLegacy Ezine & Facebook - Socially Networked

Vol 12, Iss 17 Are you a Facebook user? Are you one of those socially networking with friends and family?

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Share Bros. of Oklahoma Territory

Vol 9, Iss 24 I was doing some looking back at bits, pieces that I have gathered on the Share Brothers of Oklahoma Territory. Amongst the information, it looks like the Share brothers were native of Michigan and had a mercantile business in Harper, Kansas in what is known as the 'Buckeye building' before moving their mercantile business to Alva, Oklahoma Territory.

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Obituary - Edward Theodore Hodgden, 03/13/1926 to 05/28/2006...

Vol 8, Iss 22 Services were held Friday, June 02, 2006 at 10:30 AM, Wharton Funeral Chapel, Alva, Oklahoma. Edward Hodgden, age 80, longtime resident of Alva, Oklahoma, died Sunday, May 28, Ascension Sunday. Funeral services for Mr. Hodgden were held at Wharton Funeral Chapel on Friday, June 2, at 10:30 a.m., with rites following at the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery. A vigil service was held Thursday, June 1, at 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Fr. Shane Tharp presiding at the services.

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About The NW Okie

Vol 10, Iss 12
This is for those of you who have just recently joined us here or want to know more about the NW Okie, editor & publisher of The OkieLegacy. Who is that lady collecting Okie Legacies? AND... Why? You can read a short "bio" about me over at my ParisTimes Genealogy site.

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1938 NSTC Ranger Album

Vol 12, Iss 3 We have been sharing a scanned copy of the 1938 Ranger Album with family genealogists for awhile and thought perhaps some others might be interested in downloading a PDF file of the 1938 Ranger Album. It is a large file. You can either open it up in your web browser and save a copy to your computer -- OR -- right click on the link and "save as" to a folder on your computer for further genealogy research.

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Jogging More Memories

Vol 9, Iss 10 Rod Murrow sent us a link to one of his Flickr photos of an old homestead northeast of Freedom, Oklahoma, just a mile off of highway 64. It is what survives of a rock prairie home beside a county road. We are curious if anyone knows anything about the history of this old rock homestead.

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Last Week Corrections & Gas Prices...

Vol 7, Iss 44 Last week we made an error in reporting that Hwy 281 ran through Okarche, Oklahoma [more]... View/Write Comments (count 5)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

$50 Reward

Vol 10, Iss 20 We found this reward sign amongst our family treasures, but do not know what year it was offered. Evidently... it was offered when $50 was a lot of money in those days. Whatever days that was!

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Claud Baird

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An Okielegacy Centennial Moment

Vol 9, Iss 26 This is an old WWI photograph that Roy Kendrick shared with us. It is the Truck Company #6, 110 Motor Supply Train, 35th Division, at Camp Doniphan, in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, taken October 26, 1917.

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Shawnee Chief Cornstalk...

Vol 6, Iss 8 Another reader sent us some information he found online concerning the Shawnee Chief Cornstalk and the Battle around Point Pleasant and Lord Dunmores battle in Virginia in the late 18th century [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Remember Some of These Places...

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NWOSU's Fall Honor Roll List

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The Moon & Venice

Vol 11, Iss 1 Our youngest son, Robert L. Wagner, took this great shot around the the first of January, 2009 up in the San Juan mountains of Southwest Colorado.

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Oct. 1932 - New Post Offices Approved For Alva, Pawhuska and Hugo

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Nosy Horses at Fairvalley, OK

Vol 10, Iss 16 If you drive through Fairvalley, Oklahoma, you will find our "nosy" horses gathering at the gate to check out the contraption that was making a movie of their antics out at Fairvalley [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Splashes-Pigeon's...

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Calling ALL Alva High (Gold) Bugs

Vol 10, Iss 52 "I have a lot of programming done on the navigation, but I still need to develop the comment submission, BugNet submission, and the Comments viewing area [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Camels In Waynoka

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Businesses In Alva, Okla. - May, 1947...

Vol 7, Iss 18 Some of you out there might remember some memories of some of these businesses that could be found in the Alva (Oklahoma) area, around May 1947:

Rialto Cafe Tony's Cafe Babcock's Cafe Coffman's Cafe Wright's Cafe Shorty's Cafe The National Farm Loan Ass'n of Alva Schaefer-Doolin Mortgage Co [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe Encoding Your Browser... Vol 8, Iss 3 My Gmail (webmail collected through the IE browser, on PC computer) was suppressing the line breaks in the OkieLegacy email [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe Bull Fights of Alva, OK Vol 10, Iss 12 "A little known fact about Alva that I think folks would find interesting [more]... View/Write Comments (count 3)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe Inquiry: William Wiley Guinn Vol 10, Iss 46 Dear Mrs [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe March, 1938 - A Cappella Choir... Vol 7, Iss 15 The A Cappella Choir was organized in 1929 by E [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe Old Opera House Mystery - Chronology... Vol 8, Iss 18 We have been working slowly to put together a " View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe Alva Square Memories Vol 10, Iss 10 "The Alva square was home to me for many years [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe Chicken with Ripe Olive and Pepper Salsa... Vol 6, Iss 13 A friend visiting the web page of the View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe John James & Mary Markvicka Hurt... Vol 6, Iss 17 Their son, Joseph P [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe King Parrot Brand, etc... Vol 8, Iss 1 "This View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe