Duchess of Weaselskin

Bayfield, Colorado - Ya' see what appears to be a dug hole in the grass that this Duchess Pug is pointing to and standing guard over in the image on the left? Click to see larger view.

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NW Okie's Ancestry Corner

Bayfield, Colorado - Since we got back to SW Colorado Rockies the middle of last week, it has been light afternoon and evening rain showers around this parts. My six "little" tomato plants have taken over my round, portable green house that probably measures 6 to 7 feet diameter. So far we have picked four small early girl tomatoes that have had a REAL BIG tomato taste. Unlike the tomatoes you buy in the grocery stores.

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County Seat Fight In Alfalfa County

Alfalfa County, Oklahoma - Cherokee was designated as the county seat of Alfalfa county on 16 January 1907 by the constitutional convention in session at Guthrie. [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Organization of Old Woods (M) County

Alfalfa County, Oklahoma - If you search back to our OkieLegacy Archives, Vol. 7, Iss. 46, you will find an article concerning the History of Alfalfa County - Goltry, OK. It was extracted from "A History of Alfalfa County," submitted in part fulfillment of requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by David W. Pierce, 1926, University of Oklahoma. Chapter II of that thesis there is a history of the Organization of the County and the County Seat Fight of Alfalfa County.

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Old Blaine County Oklahoma Territory

Blaine County, Oklahoma - Looking back to our OkieLegacy Archives, Vol. 7, Iss 46 this is the information that we have on the Old Blaine county of Oklahoma Territory. These are just some of the towns found in old Blaine County, Oklahoma Territory before statehood in 1907: Homestead, Longdale, Bond, Darrow, Okeene, Southard, Canton, Cantonment, Carlton, Ferguson, Seay, Bickford, Cooper, Hitchcock, Dillon postoffice (Eagle City), Roman Nose, Winnview, Watonga (county seat), Udora, Emanuel, Greenfield, Etna, Judson, Geary.

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This Day In History (July 31 & August 1)

America - On this day, July 31, 1964, Ranger 7 Takes Close-up Moon photos revealing craters only 3 feet wide. Ranger 7 radioed to earth the first close-up pictures, a historic collection of 4,000 pictures, one thousand times as clear as anything ever seen through earth-bound telescopes of the moon.

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VanDerVeer Family In Netherlands

Netherlands - I was doing some ancestry work this week and found this interesting bit of information attached to Cornelius Janse VanDerVeer (1623-1703), my 7th Great Grandfather, on my mother's paternal side of the Conover-Paris ancestry.

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