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It is time again, July 4th [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Prelude to Revolution - 1763-1775

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75 Years Ago - Transcontinental Air-Rail Travel Comes to Waynoka (Oklahoma)...

It was seventy-five years ago, July 8, 1929, that transportation history was changed when travelers from the east and west coasts began a 2-day air and rail trip that would take them across America in 48 hours [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Still enjoying your Zine!...

"Just want to share something which should be of interest to all Oklahoma educators, statespersons, and parents:  Phi Delta Kappa, arguably the world's foremost general association of professionial educators, is having its International Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada from 21 to 24 October 2004 [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

E. A. Haines Store - Alva, OK...

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Do You Remember When...

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Conflict & Revolution 1775 - 1776...

"April 19, 1775 -- At dawn on April 19 about 70 armed Massachusetts militiamen stand face to face on Lexington Green with the British advance guard. An unordered 'shot heard around the world' begins the American Revolution . A volley of British rifle fire followed by a charge with bayonets leaves eight Americans dead and ten wounded. The British regroup and head for the depot in Concord, destroying the colonists' weapons and supplies. At the North Bridge in Concord, a British platoon is attacked by militiamen, with 14 casualties.
May 10, 1775 -- The Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia, with John Hancock elected as its president. On May 15, the Congress places the colonies in a state of defense. On June 15, the Congress unanimously votes to appoint George Washington general and commander-in-chief of the new Continental Army.
July 6, 1775 -- The Continental Congress issues a Declaration (signed by John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress) on the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms detailing the colonists' reasons for fighting the British and states the Americans are "resolved to die free men rather than live as slaves.
June-July, 1776 -- On June 7, Richard Henry Lee , a Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, presents a formal resolution calling for America to declare its independence from Britain. Congress decides to postpone its decision on this until July. On June 11, Congress appoints a committee to draft a declaration of independence. Committee members are Thomas Jefferson , Benjamin Franklin, John Adams , Roger Livingston and Roger Sherman. Jefferson is chosen by the committee to prepare the First Draft of the declaration, which he completes in one day. Just seventeen days later, June 28, Jefferson's Declaration of Independence is ready and is presented to the Congress, with changes made by Adams and Franklin. On July 2, twelve of thirteen colonial delegations (New York abstains) vote in support of Lee's resolution for independence. On July 4, the Congress formally endorses Jefferson's Declaration, with copies to be sent to all of the colonies. The actual signing of the document occurs on August 2, as most of the 55 members of Congress place their names on the parchment copy."
July 4, 1776 - Declaration of Independence -- Hear - Declaration read by Peter Thomas [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Tennessee Death Certificates...

If anyone has relatives or ancestors from Tennessee there's an easier way to get their death certificates than through the Tennessee archives and you can order online [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Hang on to you Pugs...

"Duchess, I just read where you are in for some possible rough weather [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Smokey the Bear...

"What a tour de force on the Smoky story! You are a true wizard in ferreting out informational websites to support your information [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Warwick/Gregory Genealogy...

"I thought you might be interested in a bit of the story of David Gregory and Margaret Warwick Gregory.  They were my great-great-great-great-grandparents. Their grave markers are located in LeSourdsville, Butler County, Ohio (within the 412 acres of their original homestead).  I have photo's of the markers that were taken in 1928, and have just recently visited to find that David Gregory's original marker is no longer readable, but Margaret's is still in very good shape.  At the time the 1928 photo was taken, I believe that the descendants who took the photo, reset the original markers in concrete and had an additional marker placed.
      There are two newspaper articles about the family and the story of their settlement in the Ohio Territory, which I can scan and send to you if you are interested.
     In brief,  the following was written by my great-grandmother Sophia Bartmess Gregory (great-granddaughter of David and Margaret Gregory) in 1947, when she was 85 years old:   "My great grandfather David Gregory and his brother William came west to Kentucky with Daniel Boone.  They left the party and went north to the Ohio Territory and took homesteads on the Miami River above Fort Hamilton.  The creek on the farm was named Gregory Creek. Anthony Wayne had his soldiers at the fort to protect the early settlers from the Indians.  He was a personal friend of David and Margaret Gregory."
     David's original marker is no longer intact, but I have the inscription from the 1928 photo: David Gregory, Died Feby 9, 1802, Aged 34 years - Here lies the man never known to falter [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Old Oklahoma School Pics...

"This is a picture of my mother taken around 1912 with her one room school and students [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents...

Chronology of Events June 7, 1776 to January 18, 1777 [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

POW Camp Alva...

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Looking for NW Oklahoma Ghost Town...

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Bartlesville - The Town That Oil Built...

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From Oklahoma to Oregon...

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Homer's Place...

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