Dear Duchess

Woof! Woof! This Duchess Pug is woofing because they don't allow dogs at the "Tastes of Durango!" I had to stay home with Sadie on this beautiful Sunday morning in SW Colorado while NW Okie goes out to savory the "Tastes of Durango" between 11:00a.m. to 3:00p.m.! Does it sound like discrimination of pugs ... or dogs?

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Insight Into Grandma

July 25, 1904, is the postmark of John's letter to Constance this week. It sounds like John's coaxing of getting Constance to come to Quincy's business college was beginning to sink in with Constance Estella Warwick. We also find out that Constance would be going to the Worlds Fair in St. Louis the Summer of 1904 (around July or August) -- meeting friends on "The Pike" at the World's Fair and encouraging John C. McClure to join them on "The Pike."

Doing some research online, I found that "The Pike" was a street a mile long, solidly lined with amusements, more varied, more elaborate and more costly than any previous exposition had ever contained.

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Gem City Business College, Quincy, Illinois

For those of you who would like to know more about Quincy, Illinois business college, Gem City Business College -- here is what we found online. The USGenWeb Project gives a short history of the Gem City Business College.

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Cole Bros. Building In Alva, OK

A few weeks ago someone asked about the Cole Bros. building in Alva, Oklahoma.

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AHS Class of '59 Reunion

Bill Beeler says, "Thanks for letting those know who the class of 1959 was looking for [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Manna - The Durango Soup Kitchen

Manna Soup Kitchen was founded in May, 1986. The previous winter, a woman died from starvation in a horse stall at the La Plata County Fairgrounds in Durango, Colorado. This tragedy resulted in a small group of Christians organizing to provide food for the hungry.

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Worlds Fair of 1904

The photo on the left is a photographed of Washington University that NW Okie took awhile back when she was in St. Louis, Missouri. Did you know that the Washington University is one of the buildings that did not get razed after the 1904 World's Fair?

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Haskell POW Camp Painting

Vol. 11, Iss. 17 - WWII POW Camps & Haskell, OK -- A few weeks ago one of our readers posted information about a WWII POW camp near Haskell, Oklahoma. Susan said, "My mother walked that way to town every day and somehow, (I guess the prisoner spoke some English) struck up a conversation with this POW. He was talking about his own daughter who was about my age and how homesick he was.

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Cooking At High Altitudes

Cooking at high altitudes generally requires two basic adjustments:
1. An increase in time for boiled foods.
2. A change in the proportions of ingredients used in leavened foods such as cakes and yeast breads. In some instances, a change in baking temperatures may also be necessary.

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Nescatunga Arts Festival Turns 40

If you want an event that is something spectacular and happening on Alva’s downtown square the first Saturday in June, then the Nescatunga Arts Festival is for you.

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The Pike At the 1904 Worlds Fair

Has your ancestors ever strolled "The Pike" ... at the St. Louis World's Fair? Have you heard any of their stories of the 1904 World's Fair and this famous mile-long street called "The Pike?"

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The Passing of Mildred LaVerne Shaw Fugit

Susan says, "My name is Susan Jordan, and I am the granddaughter of Donald Floyd Fugit of Alva and Mildred LaVerne Shaw Fugit of Ingersoll.

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Camp Gruber: The War Years

"AMERICA’S entry into World War II brought many changes to the home front. Northeastern Oklahoma felt the impact firsthand on January 8, 1942, when the Muskogee Phoenix confirmed a report naming the Cookson Hills as the site for a planned military cantonment.

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