Duchess of Weaselskin

Bayfield, CO - Living in the Rockie mountains of Southwest Colorado gives us no loss of beautiful scenery to photograph and view around here. Especially the reflections of the San Juan mountains in Vallecito Lake as seen through the pine trees on a calm afternoon when the lake is like a mirror. This is our online Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday card to All! Makes you want to Reflect on the Yesterdays, Todays and Tomorrows of your Life, huh?

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On This Day In History (December 19)

America - On 19 December 1984, Britain and china signed an accord returning Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty on 1 July 1997. Go to article

On 19 December 1906, Leonid Brezhnev, the Soviet statesman who was the leader of the Soviet Union for 18 years, was born. Following his death on Nov. 10, 1982, his obituary appeared in The Times. Go to obituary.

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1896-1932 - GOP As Liberals & Progressives

America - Would you believe that back in the 1900's around the time of President Theodore ROosevelt, a Progressive Liberal and Yes! A Republican, believed in regulation, not obstructionism; wider participation in fruits of labor; federal control of interstate business; shifting of burden from poor to rich; and from employee to employer?

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NW Okie's Corner

Bayfield, CO - Duchess informed you of the slowness of loading of the OkieLegacy Ezine the past few weeks, but did she tell you that this NW Okie has been busy cleaning the archives of her websites: SW Colorado Weather Cam, NW OkieLegacy, Prairie Pioneer News and Paris Times Pioneers?

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Native Americans - The Trail of Tears

America - "Nunna dual Tsuny" translated from the Cherokee, "The place where they cried"

We found this true story of the Cherokee Indian removal, known as the Trail of Tears (history of bps.org website) as told by Private John G. Burnett, McClellan's company, 2nd Regiment, 2nd Bridage, Mounted Infantry, to his children on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

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Cherokees in Chattooga

Chattooga, Georgia - The following article was sent to the OkieLegacy Ezine via Bill Barker -- Prior to May 24, 1838 Chattooga County in Georgia was a different place. It was peopled primarily by persons of a different race and culture living in loosely connected towns. It was a part of the Cherokee Nation which until 1832 had their capitol at New Echota near present day Calhoun Georgia.

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WWII POW (Hans Henle) - Alva Camp

Alva, Oklahoma - We had an interesting email this week from someone who had met in 1978-79 with a former Prisoner of war by the name of Hans Henle, who was a POW in the Alva Camp. David Earl goes says, "During 1978,79 I met a former POW from the Alva camp. His name is Hans Henle. He was representing a German firm during the construction of the Chesterfield Cylinder plant in Enid." Does anyone else out there remember Hans Henle?

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Chesterfield Cylinder Plant In Enid (OK)

Enid, Oklahoma - I had to do a search for the Chesterfield Cylinder Plant of Enid, Oklahoma to see if it was still in business and what it produced. I found that in March, 1985 the firm temporarily discontinued production of the cylinders used by natural gas producers. It was also around that time period that the company's work force was reduced from 100 to 25 by the Fall of 1985.

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