Duches Domain

We drove up to Vallecito Res. North of Bayfield, Colorado, on this cloudy, cool day in SW Colorado to view the snow on the mountain peaks in that area. The clouds were hanging over the tips of the mountains, but you can see the clouds fading out the mountain peaks in the photo on the left. The scrub oak and Aspens had some beautiful color mixtures this year.

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Greenbrier College for Women - Lewisburg, VA

Jenny - email: jeanette@jerdak.com says, "My mother went to this school in the early 1960's. I believe she went by Rose Marie Petro, Rosa Marie Petro or Rose Mary Petro. Have you heard of her. I am learn about her life and her family, if anyone can help.

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Fall Arrives In Perry, OK

Roy says, "Perry has cooled down considerably as fall has arrived. We received about 15 hundredths of an inch of rain yesterday just before the cool wind came in. Also the price of gas is down … then up … and may go down again tomorrow!

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Water Panther Stone (A Petroglypa)

Believed to have been a Shawnee altar stone made by the Water Panther Clan, which was Cornstalk's clan, this stone was found at nearby Leon, WV, at 10-mile Creek [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Virginians Killed at Battle of Point Pleasant

Careful estimates made from the most authentic documentary evidence extant, place the number killed at eighty-one. The following is a list of names of persons known to have been among the slain.

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Bernier/Barney Surnames of Dewey Co., OK

Dr. Garold D. Barney says, "I was born in Seiling (Oklahoma) in 1932, my great grandfather homesteaded in what is now Dewey County. Considerable controversy exists as to the correct name of my great grandfather. Is it Alanzo Bernier--later Barney or Amable Bernier--later Barney.

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Waynoka, OK Camels & Grace Ward Smith

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Battle of Point Pleasant

The Battle of Point Pleasant was the chief event of Lord Dunmore's war. This monument was erected in the year 1909, in commemoration of the Battle of Point Pleasant, fought at the mouth of the great Kanawha river, now in West Virginia, October 10, 1774.

This battle was between twelve hundred and fifty Virginia Colonial troops, composing the left wing of Lord Dunmore's army, commanded by General Andrew Lewis on the one side and an equal number of warriors from the United Indian Nations -- Shawnees, Delawares, Mincoes, Wyandottes, Miamis and Ottawas - northwest of the Ohio, on the other.

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Revolutionary Soldiers Killed at Battle of Point Pleasant

In memory of Revolutionary Soldiers killed in the Battle of Point Pleasant. The Revoluntionary soldiers buried in Mason County, West Virginia. Graves known and Unknown outside of Tu-Endie-Wei Park. Monument was erected by The Colonel Charles lewis Chapter N.S.D.A.R. October 5, 1934. Andrew Lewis is one that may be kin or from same area. (Augusta County, Virginia is now Pocahontas, WV).

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History of Battle of Point Pleasant - The Book

At books.google.com I found this online book concerning History of the Battle of Point Pleasant Fought Between White Men & Indians by Virgil Anson Lewis, A.M. (State Historian and Archivist). This battle was fought between whtie men and indians at the mouth of the great Kanawha River (Now Point Pleasant, West Virginia), Monday, October 10th, 1774, The Chief event of Lord Dunmores War.

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Great Info On Camp Alva

Marty says, "Thanks to Linda I have found some great information on Camp Alva [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Insight Into Grandma & John C. McClure

John's letters to Constance continue into March 1906 with three letters dated March 4, 27 & 30, 1906. All addressed to Miss Constance Warwick, RFD, Alva, O.T.

March 4, 1906 -- This short note reads, "Sunday, Dear Connie, My cousin dropped in unexpectedly Friday eve, so I can not go to see my S.W. tonight. He will leave in a day or so. He came from Wisconsin. Write and tell me how the spelling contest came out. Write me a big letter this week. Jno McClure."

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Chief Cornstalk Monument

In this monument rests the remains of Keigh-tugh-qua, better known as Cornstalk to the early settlers and frontiersman. Chief Cornstalk was well known and respected by the white settlers and Indian tribes of the Ohio Valley.

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The Magazine - Battle of Point Pleasant

The Magazine was dedicated to those militiamen who were buried in the magazine and the surrounding battlefield on October 11, 1774 [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe