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NW Okie and David have been busy preparing for some personal business coming up this next week in Woods county and this pugnacious Pug shall again be your guide through this weeks newsletter. Hope you donot mind. Looking Back ... To 1891 - Clark Pioneers
January 3, 1891 Clark Pioneers In Oklahoma Territory -- The following story is a recollection of the Pioneers, the Clark's that came to Kansas, around Kiowa, and made the run into Oklahoma Territory, November 16, 1893. The Clark's mentioned below are ancestors of J. L. "Bud" Clark of Alva, Oklahoma. Deer Grazing
Jay at "Scenic Videos" says, " Cattle and deer all over the world tend to align themselves with Earth's magnetic field, according to new research. 1908 - Fugitive Banker of Alva Dead
Does anyone out there remember L. A. Westford, a defaulting cashier of a bank at Alva, Oklahoma? He allegedly was a fugitive of an Alva, Oklahoma bank and was found dead in Tennessee. What was his story? In The Oklahoman, dated August 12, 1908, page 6, these headlines were found: "Fugitive Banker of Alva Dead In Tenn." - "Ticket For Europe and Money in Two Banking Institutions." 1904 Oklahoma Notes
These Oklahoma notes came from The Oklahoma dated May 29, 1904, page 4, with the headline of "Oklahoma Notes." Did you know that Guthrie only had fifteen high school graduates and Oklahoma City had twenty-seven? AHS Class of '59 ReunionSteve Nicholson says, "Be sure and pass the word out to all the old classmates about the reunion [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe |
NEW: Familynet - ADD New Relations
Our NWOKTechie has been working on our "Okie FamilyNet. Once visitors are logged in, they will be able to see the form with their login information that will enable them to add other relations. Insight Into Grandma 1904
This weeks letter from John C. McClure to Constance Warwick takes us back to May 29, 1904 with John still attending Gem City Business College, Quincy, Illinois. It was postmarked May 29, 10P.M., 1904. It had a delivery received date at Alva, Okla., of May 31, 7A.M., 1904. It sounds as though at this time the St. Louis Fair was going on through the Summer of 1904. 1919 - Alva Capt. Cited For Unusual Bravery
July 1919, front page article in The Oklahoman, had the following headlines: Alva Captain Cited For Unusual Bravery - Held Advance Post While Cut Off From Support. 1903 - Hot Time In Court Room In Alva
This next story takes us back to February, 1903, in Alva, O. T., to a "Hot Time In Courtroom." There was a damage trial going on and the case at Alva attracted more than its full quota of attention. It seems one of the attorneys pulled a gun and assumed a threatening attitude. 1909 Ballgame Between Waynoka & Alva
This article was found in The Oklahoman, dated May 19, 1909, with headlines that read, "No Hit Game For Alva."
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WWII POWs & Haskell, OK
Susan says, "Is there a place to post notices for folks who were either related to POWs or lived in the towns where the camps were? I was a baby, living in Haskell, OK when the POWs were staying in the National Guard Armory, just ½ block from our house. Turkeys In Alva OK (4/13/2009)
Jim says, "I'm attaching some photos of wild turkeys that pass back and forth through our yard [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe 1904 Broomcorn Men Organized In Alva O.T.
It was mid-September, 1904, that the first organization in the Oklahoma territory at Alva that the broomcorn men were organized. it was the first organization in the territory perfected at Alva -- keeping the price up. 1904 Oklahoma Exhibit At St. Louis Fair.
We found this article in The Oklahoman dated May 29, 1904, page 4, with the headlines that read: "Our Exhibit At St. Louis." So ... in May, 1904, it seems when John McClure was writing Constance Warwick and asking if she was going to St. Louis in August, it was because of the Fair going on in St. Louis. The front page of The Oklahoma carried other front page headlines that you can see in the image on the left. 1908 Alva Ballgame Spat Tragedy
Alva, Oklahoma was not and has never been immuned from violent attacks of aggression, as I am finding as I stroll through old news articles in The Oklahoman. Especially, this one dated June, 1908, with the headlines reading, "Alva Ballgame Spat Tragedy." |
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