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Patriots Celebrate Superbowl VictoryStarting with last Sunday the England Patriots celebrated their victory in the Superbowl [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe Grapes of Wrath & Okies
Since the talk of "Okie's," we have been browsing the web to refresh our memories of John Steinbeck's book (Grapes of Wrath) that was first published in the United States of America by the Viking Penguin, Inc., 1939. Steinbeck's idea for the book came to him on his first journalistic assignment in the Fall of 1936. Whittet's Grocery Memories"In the early 60's, I worked for Merle, Kack (my cousin by marriage), and Jim Leslie on their farm during summer break [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck"The epic story of the Joad Family's migration from the Oklahoma dust bowl to the promised land of California [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe Danny Ray PARIS Family"I am just checking out the sight because I don't know any of my dad's family [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1) | Receive updates (1 subscribers) | Unsubscribe A Yankee Okie"As you know I'm from Pennsylvania [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe Okie vs. Oklahomans
"Glad you asked about the name "Okie" and how folks feel about it... Today I am older and would like to think of myself as wiser and, as far as I am concerned, at this point in my life, anyone can call themselves anything they want. Interesting Scary Tidbits"You may find some interesting tidbits here [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe Voices From the Dust BowlThe View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe |
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"Always enjoy the newsletter, but it really brought back a lot of memories this week! Speaking of old businesses made me think of Whities, the old drug store, and Cassies, the old cafe in Fargo. They have been gone for many years, but I remember Granddad and Grandmother Ware taking me to both places. Okies"My husband had a friend who you may or may not know who was fond of saying, 'Well, I'm just a dumb Okie [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe What's Wrong With Being Called An Okie"What's wrong with being called an Okie [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe WARWICK-GREGORY Genealogy
"I ran across you web site (OkieLegacy & ParisTimes Genealogy). My ancestors are David Gregory and Margaret Warwick. I thought you might be interested in the following biographical sketch which can be found at rootsweb.com/~intippec/bios9.html -- (Note - I visited Butler Co., Ohio last summer and found David and Margaret's grave markers. Margaret died in 1821. I have a photo's of the markers circa 1920's. LOUTHAN Family Photos
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This famous "pug" shot was taken early in the week, Duchess is taking a break from playing "Pug Soccer" to find a her a spot to mark with yellow snow (photo on the left) [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe Valentines Day Present For ALLAnother Valentines Day present for all of you is the second-half of the "Wrought Iron Range Co [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe Christmas Snow Photos" View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe Nothing Wrong Being Called "Okie""As an 'outsider' and a Massachusetts native, I see nothing wrong with being called an 'Okie!' It should be a term of endearment as it has no shameful connotations [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe Okie From Alva"I too belong on the side of the unpretentious put me down as an Okie from Alva Oklahoma and proud of it [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe Another Proud Okie"I am retired and living in North Texas, but PROUDLY display double car tags that read: ME OKIE Last year's tags said: IB OKIE [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe 121 lb Catfish - Lake Texhoma (Oklahoma)
"For those of us who aren't Texans or Oklahomans, Lake Texoma, as the name implies, lies along the border of the two states [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe Cimarron & Oklahoma Panhandle"Been poking around in your very well done site [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0) | Receive updates (0 subscribers) | Unsubscribe |
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