Colorado To NW Oklahoma

[The photo on the left shows "The Pug & Sidekick" (Presidential Posse)! Front step: Duchess (The Pug) & Sadie (Sidekick) on back step, positioning for campaigning.] -- We got up early Friday morning, October 24, 2008, and packed "The Pug" and her sidekick, Sadie, into the Tundra pickup to make the journey East to NW Oklahoma along highway 160 East from SW Colorado.

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1948 - Old School Bell & DeGeer's

1948 - Old School Bell & DeGeer's The Oklahoman, dated May 2, 1948, page 16, mentioned this headline, Old Bell Rings Out Memories.

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Melkus 1000 RS Sports Car

The guy test driving the Melkus 1000 RS is Tim Schrick, he is the nephew of Jorg Schrick of Bonn, Germany. I have been emailing Jorg for 4 to 5 years. Sometimes it seems like a small world. DDR Porsche # Melkus RS 1000 - YouTube.com video

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1946 - Home Money Finances New Plants In Alva (OK)

The Oklahoman, dated March 31, 1946, page 57, headlines: "Home Money Finances New Plants In Alva (OK)."

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NWOSU's Ranger Heroes & Legends of History

Do not forget... Thursday and Friday of this week NWOSU will crown their 2008 Cinderella at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

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Rural Schools - “N” or Old Woodward Cty, O. T.

"It may come as somewhat of a surprise to learn there were 264 school districts established in Woodward County before Statehood. It’s not quite so surprising, though, once one remembers that Territorial Woodward County consisted of the western end of the Cherokee Outlet (or Strip, as some prefer), an area roughly sixty miles north-south and fifty miles east-west. All of present Harper and Woodward counties, the northern part of Ellis and the western end of Woods counties were contained within the borders of county “N”, Oklahoma Territory, when it was opened for settlement September 16, 1893.

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Capt. Wm. R. Heck - WWII

WWII - Captain William R. Heck, Feb. 12, 1944, Mill Creek Crash, Pilot

Another relative came through with a picture of one of the, Feb. 12, 1944, Mill Creek, mid-air victims. The picture was taken when he was a cadet. A later pic may turn up but I am grateful to have this one. His sister is still alive and her son made contact after finding the website (Our Little Memorial Blog) several months ago.

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1949 - Alvan's Treasure Collection Strengthens His Belief

The Oklahoman, dated February 13, 1949, page 59, headlines: "Alvan's Treaure' Collection Strengthens His Belief in God," by Madelaine Wilson, Daily OkLalhoman staff writer.

"Alva, OK, Feb. 12, 1949 -- Misers have their gold, women of wealth have their flashing, costly jewels. But a man in Alva has a collection of treasures that are oddly different.

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NWOSU's 2008 Homecomig

NWOSU's Ranger Heroes, Legends of Northwestern - Homecoming 2008 ... Please join Northwest Oklahoma and NWOSU Alumni October 30 thru Nov. 1, 2008 as Norhtwestern Oklahoma State University welcomes and celebrates it's Ranger Heroes & Legends of Norhtwestern this week. The 2nd Greatest Generation Reunion & Parade begins Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008 in downtown Alva, OK.

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R. I DeGeer Grocery Store - Alva, OK

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Rain, Gas & McGill's in Perry, OK

"Yesterday morning (Oct. 23) Perry had a rain amount of 3/4-inch even though the weather report from the ABC outlet, channel 5 KOCO said parts of Oklahoma had a little more than a half inch.

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