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Did you notice last week that you received two emails concerning "The OkieLegacy" newsletter. The first email listed last weeks newsletter as Vol. 11, Iss. 48 … My Bad! The second email was sent out after we made the correction to the correct Iss. 47.

The photo on the left is my friend and buddy, Ruff. He was the Thanksgiving Poker Judge, calling the family to the round table of friendly, hilarious, outrageous family poker play.

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Photos of Enid, Round Pond & Wharton, OT

The link to this site has photographs of Enid, Round Pond, and Wharton, in Oklahoma Territory [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Early Oklahoma & Indian Territory Maps

You can find this early Oklahoma and Indian Territory maps over Oklahoma State University's site:
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The Army In WWII: Thunderbirds

Roy and Pug say, "… the 45th Division, made up largely of men from Oklahoma and West Texas. … The men of Oklahoma were drawling and soft-spoken. They were not smart-alecks. Something of the purity of the soil seemed to be in them. Even their cussing was simpler and more profound than the torrential obscenities of eastern city men. An Oklahoman of the plains was straight and direct. He was slow to criticize and hard to anger, but once he was convinced of the wrong of something, brother, watch out."

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Enid-Pond Creek Railroad War (1893-1894)

Wikipedia states, "The Enid-Pond Creek Railroad War (Oklahoma Territory, 1893-1894) pitted the citizens of two United States designated county seats against the Rock Island Railroad."

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Women In History: Suffragettes

Joel sent us the following story concerning the 80th Aniversary of the Persons Case in Canada."

This is the story of women who were ground-breakers. These brave women from the early 1900s made all the difference in the ives we live today. Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.

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Round Pond, Oklahoma Territory (OT)

"Just south of the Kansas border, in Indian Territory’s 58-mile-wide Cherokee Outlet (sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Cherokee Strip), they chose a spot about a mile north of the Salt Fork River, where, back in 1866, explorer James R. Mead had established a trading post that was known as Round Pond. By 1873 it had developed into a combination stagecoach station, supply store and cattle ranch called Pond Creek. Twenty miles farther south, surveyors mapped a possible townsite near a stagecoach station called Skeleton Ranch.

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Seminole Burning: A Story of Racial Vengeance

The information to follow was found in "Seminole Burning: A Story of Racial Vengeance" by Daniel F. Littlefield.

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