Dog Days of August 2008

August & Dog Days of Summer 2008 have arrived! That means Rodeos, Old Cowhand Reunions in Northwest Oklahoma as parents get ready to send their children back to school in a few weeks. AND... least we forget about the "Dog Days of Summer."

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Hot & Steamy In Oklahoma

"Temps have gone back into the triple digits for north-central and northwest Oklahoma, and besides the 100 degree plus temperatures, we're also dealing with the humidity that's left over from the gulf hurricane [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Cherokee Strip Celebration In Perry OK

"You have my permission to use any or all of this 'article' below because it's going to be 'published' to late to help our (Perry) Cherokee Strip Celebration in the publication that it was originally submitted to [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Roy M. Johnson - Oklahoma Pioneer

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1896 - Bad Day At Blackwell, OK

On December 4, 1896, at Bert Benjamin's ranch near Blackwell, Oklahoma Territory, before dawn, a posse slipped into position around a shack in which two men suspected of planning a robbery of the town's bank were holed up [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Paris Family Branch

"Hello, I am the ninth in a line of males of the PARIS surname, descended from Edward (and Susannah Molton), then Moses, then Moses Jr [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Call Into Howard Hughes!

Well! Since we have moved to our new residence in the mountains North of Bayfield, Colorado, we are still crawling along at a snail's pace with our Satellite broadband connection.

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Growing & Burning Up In Oklahoma

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 [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Pittman/Osborn Family Inquiry

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Judge Roy Parker - Hangin' Judge

Judge Roy Parker drove himself [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Cincinnati, OH Mural

"I was in Cincinnati last week and saw this under construction [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

History of Silverton, CO

Silverton, Colorado is known as the Treasure Chest of the San Juans! For more information on Silverton History you can visit www.silvertonhistoricsociety.org. Silverton was "a gritty little mining town with victorian pretensions!" as one local might put it.

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'57 Boys Choir Photo

In addition to the ones mentioned in the last Okie Legacy, I also recognize Steve Hanson and Bruce Geis [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Neighbor Up the Road In Farmington, NM

"It's interesting that you are just up the road from us here in Farmington (NM) [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Leather-faced Miscreant Named Belle Starr

Because Belle Starr was a female, flamboyant and frustrating to the "hanging Judge Parker" of Fort Smith, Arkansas, the press disregarded inconvenient facts, invented plenty of fictional exploits for her and made her everybody's favorite criminal [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Okie's: James Simpson & Idella Smith Dobbins

Photo on the left: Idella Smith Dobbins and James Simpson Dobbins [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe