88 Years Ago Today - 11/11/1918

This Memorial weekend finds NW Okie & Duchess "On the Road" again! This time we find ourselves traveling the by-ways and highways from northwest Oklahoma to southwest Colorado. Check back late saturday evening for the completed published edition of this week's "OkieLegacy" newsletter, Vol. 8, Iss. 45, 11/11/2006.

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Our Green Thumbs

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The Rest of the Story

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OkieLegacy Guestbook

Alva High Class of '56 -- "Great memoir! Thanks to all who put it together [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Son of Pearl Newby

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NWOSU's College Rodeo

We experienced NWOSU's 2006 Homecoming last weekend. AND... Thursday night, November 9, 2006, (our last night in Alva, Oklahoma) we took in NWOSU's Ranger's college rodeo at Alva's fairgrounds. [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Memorial Remembrance Blog

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Uncle Bud's Picture

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WWI Begins - June 28, 1914

On the June 28, 1914, an event that sparked the outbreak of the first World War was when Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungary, blamed the Serbian government for the attack and hoped to use the incident as justification for settling the problem of Slavic nationalism once and for all [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

The Battle of Coon Creek - Kinsley, KS

Friday, November 10, 2006, we were traveling along highway 50, just East of Kinsley, Kansas and spotted a Kansas Historical marker -- "Battle of Coon Creek" -- fought June 18, 1848, between 200 Comanches and Osages and 140 soldiers.

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President Cunningham Talking With Alumnae

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NWOSU Ranger Rodeo

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Funny Vocabulary Spin

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