WHY? WHAT's the reason for this OLD Platte map of Old Alva's (Oklahoma) downtown square? This is what we are working on this week.

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The Rest of the Story...

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Researching WWII For School Project...

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Orion Cemetery (Oklahoma)...

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The Western Normal College...

by the Pilgrim Bard (Scott Cummins), Pg [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Odds & Ends, April Fools & Spring Ahead...

While we were back in NW Oklahoma... we did some checking of the mileage to see where 15 miles west of Alva, Oklahoma took us. That figure was the location of the second Moundridge school, located 15 miles west of Alva, on the Old Smithson homeplace.

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Obituary: Eileen Darnell - 05/05/1916 to 03/24/2006...

Obituary: Eileen Darnell - 05/05/1916 to 03/24/2006, Service Saturday, April 01, 2006 at 10:00 AM, Wharton Funeral Chapel, Alva, Ok -- Eileen, daughter of Jim and Opal Bliss, was born May 5, 1916, in Woods County, Oklahoma [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Theatres Extra Rental Income...

"Don't know whether it'd been mentioned before, but if I remember correctly, when that theatre in Alva had been in the planning stages, Homer Jones had insisted on adding offices upstairs to be rented out (doctors, dentists, lawyers, etc [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Pine Valley, Oklahoma Story...

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Knob Institution Passed 46th Anniversary In March (1943)...

Knob Institution Passed 46th Anniversary In March (1943), 50th Anniversary Edition, dated September 12, 1943, The Alva Review-Courier, Section B [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Era Ends in Waynoka with Tragic Death...

Death of Frank's Department Store Owners
by Sandie Olson, Waynoka Historical Society

(Frank's Old, New Drawings & Facade) - Waynoka was stunned the evening of Thursday, November 3, 2005, when the news spread that Kamell and Dee Cohlmia were involved in a terrible car accident in nearby Alva, and that they did not survive. While family and friends adjust to a great personal loss, the business community bids farewell to an era that spanned more than a century in Northwest Oklahoma.

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NW OkieLegacy Blog - Minnesota...

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Researching Craigville, Minnesota...

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Gas Prices Going Up Again...

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A Prairie of Dreams (Castles of NW Oklahoma)...

by - LK Wagner

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