Winter, Moons & Updates

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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Frank James Returns To Wichita Mountains

By Now ... a 30 years had passed since the border gold was hidden during the bitter winter of 1876, when Frank James made known his return to his old stomping grounds.

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Indian Territory Haven For Outlaws

Indian Territory was home to other Native American tribes, including Apache, Choctaw and Comanche. These tribes had to share their land and resources with the Cherokee.

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The BCS Championship & Fedex Bowl Game

Well! It was a disapppointment, but the Oklahoma Sooner football team of OU did not quite take the BCS Championship as I had wanted them to.

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Wichita Mountains of SW Oklahoma

In 1876 the Pawnee moved to Oklahoma and were given a reservation in the North ... a ridge of hills in the southwestern Oklahoma called the Wichita Mountains.

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James P. Renfrew Memories

"A Chara! I came across "The Okie Legacy" article concerning the James P. Renfrew, in 12/1/2007, Issue 48, Vol. 9 and am wondering if you could possibly help with my quest for details concerning a Mary Ellice Black Doak which appear on p 92 of:

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James' Gang $2 Million Gold Treasure

Where was this alleged $2 million dollar treasure hidden in Oklahoma? Has it been discovered? Where in the Wichita Mountains in Southwest Oklahoma near Old Fort Sill and the Keechi Hills did the Jesse & Frank James gang hide their treasures of gold robberies?

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Billy Royce & Frank James Meeting

The two men had met almost forty years before. Yet neither had forgotten that accidental run-in so many miles away up in Montana Territory. It was early in the 1870's, remembered Royce, that Frank, Jesse, and five others were making tracks between them and the law. After a long day's ride the brothers ran into a group of buffalo hunters.

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Legendary Belle Starr (1848-1889)

The legendary American outlaw Belle Starr (1848 - 1889) developed a reputation as a "Bandit Queen" of the Old West.

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History At Your Birth

What was happening when you were born? Ellis Raymer sent us a few links to a website where you can click on the particular year and found out just that information.

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Google Maps of SW Oklahoma

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More Memories of Alva's Downtown Square

Rod says, "Golden Krust Bakery on the east side of the square. TG&Y and Jett's were on the west side (with C.R. Anthony on the SW corner), and the Ben Franklin store on the north side.

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Cole Younger Searches For Brass Bucket

Another former badman appeared in the Wichita Mountains country first. His name also appeared on the brassbucket contract.

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Treasure Trail Only Just Begun

The long treasure trail was not to end with Frank James. It was only beginning. A serious and determined treasure seeker named Joe Hunter made startling news when he unearthed the long hidden "brass bucket" and many more of the "treasure clues" that Frank had missed.

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Inquiry: White Sisters of NW Oklahoma

My name is Lois Anderson-Flury-Vanskike. My parents were Dwight and Esther White-Anderson. I was born in Alva and at age 4 we moved to Kiowa, Kansas. My parents maintained a good friendship with the Warricks and Grubers and Parkers.

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Fletcher, OK

Fletcher was located in northeastern Comanche County. The post office was established, May 10, 1902. Named for Fletcher Dodge, local early day resident. According to Wikipedia, Fletcher is a town in Comanche County, Oklahoma with a population that was 1.022 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Lawton, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical area.

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Floyd H. Huddelston

"My name is Bob Adams. Floyd Huddleston and my Mom were first cousins. My Mom is still living and I am copying the picture and info that you have posted so that I might show it to her.

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