Duchess Dozing Domain
Bayfield, Colorado - It has calmed down quite a bit up here in the rockies of Southwest Colorado this week. We may be getting some rain this Monday afternoon. NW Okie wanted us Pugs to share these photos of the San Juan National Forest scenes with everyone out there.
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Wewoka, Seminole County, Oklahoma
Wewoka, Oklahoma - Homer sent us this link to Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture concerning information on Wewoka, Oklahoma. Did you know that Wewoka was a Seminole word meaning "barking water?"
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Castles in Oklahoma
Davis, Oklahoma - Besides Northwest Oklahoma's Castle on the Hill, in Alva, Oklahoma Territory, there are and were other castles of Oklahoma. For instance, there is the Collings Castle at Turner Falls in Davis, Oklahoma.
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NW Okie's Ramblings
Liberty 35 School, Oklahoma - This NW Okie and others have noticed that no one looks happy in this 1904-1905 Liberty 35 School, in Woods (M) county, in northwest Oklahoma photo on the left. Do they look mad to you? Even the Teacher, Constance Estella Warwick? Wonder what the deal was? Bad Day? Hard times? Anyway, look for this photo in the 2010 Freedom Rodeo Program later this Summer!
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Rural One-Room Schools
Oklahoma Territ - We did some research online and found some interesting tidbits concerning the rural one-room schoolhouses they had in the later nineteenth century and early 1900s. In some cases the one-room school houses often served as the community centers and churches and were among the first structures built in Oklahoma Territory. It was the focus of the community and the activities were considered of interest to everyone.
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Collection US County & Land Ownership Maps (1860-1918)
By now, many of you have heard that Ancestry [more]...
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Seems a lot of the tomatoes here in OKC & Shawnee-Tecumseh area are dropping their blooms because of the heat [more]...
~Jan Carver
regarding Okie's story
from Vol. 8 Iss. 24
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July 4, 1928, Alva Drum Corp
Alva, Oklahoma - Coming up next Sunday is the 4th of July 2010. I know that I have showed this July 4th, 1928 Alva Drum corp photo before, but we thought it only appropriate to show what 1928 citizens of Alva and their boys drum corp were doing on July 4th, 1928.
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Pioneer Life in Early Oklahoma
Oklahoma Territ - Pioneer life in Oklahoma Territory was not easy, but to those who ventured into the wild lands of Oklahoma and Indian Territory it was their dream. It was a ray of light, a chance to own a piece of the American Dream.
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This Day In History
On this day in History, 1778 - Mary "Molly Pitcher" Hays McCauley, wife of an American artilleryman, carries water to the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth [more]...
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