Alva Council Cracks Up!

Well We are back in Oklahoma for a few weeks! This time I think we brought some clouds, moisture and a bit of coolness with us from the West Rockies.

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OkieLegacy Centennial Moment

This 1910 news headline from The Oklahoman, dated Nov. 3, 1910, pg. 3, was an interesting article that gives some political history to northwest Oklahoma around that time. This was also a few days before Mabel Oakes was allegedly murdered in the Old Opera House on the southeast corner of the downtown square, in Justice Nelson Miller's offices.

The headlines read: Alva Debate Cancelled, But Woodward Man Would Slip In.

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The Moon Pic

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1905 News - Remains of Murdered Mrs. Kaie (DeWiit) - Weatherford (OK)

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Mountain Creek (McGill Creek)

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Here is another 1905 news article concerning "Wholesale Weddings" amongst the Comanche's in the Lawton, Oklahoma area that I thought you might enjoy [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Creek County Lands On Sale

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OkieLegacy's Blogs & Ezine Posting

I have gathered so much Oklahoma Legacies in the past 8 (going on 9 years) that sometimes I forget what all I have on my webpages.

I have been trying out some CMS/blog-type software on some of my website hosting servers to see if this is how, what I want to use to manage some of that information.

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Katie (DeWitt) James 1905 Murder

"For those of you into Genealogy... Mrs. Katie (DeWitt) James was the daughter of Henry DeWitt. After reading this old news story of 1905, I was wondering what happened to the Katie James' small child that got dropped off at the German farmer's home?

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Union Pacific Railroad's Steam Engine #844

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Sunrise 9-2-07

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Boosting For Oklahoma

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1905 News - Female Bootlegger

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1905 News - News From The Capital

Since we are coming into the early weeks of September, 2007 and moving closer to the time of Oklahoma's Centennial celebration, we found another old newspaper article that appeared in The Oklahoman, dated September 1, 1905, on pg. 2, with the headlines: News At the Capital.

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Foreman Scottys Kids

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Branson Family Farm - Burlington, OK

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Sale Creek, TN

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Surnames For Short Springs Cemetery

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Stollings - Sevier Duel of 1907

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