San Juan Skyway - Winter 2008

Early this week, for my birthday drive, we spent a day driving around the San Juan Skyway, between Durango and Silverton, Colorado.

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Stella Friends Academy Class Roster

I don't know of anyone's names listed in the 1904 photo and not even sure why my grandmother had the photo, but she was a teacher in the early 1900's before she got married in 1910. She may have known someone in the picture. The only name written on the back of the photo was B. F. Smith.

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Thanks For the Memories

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L. A. Wagner Cash Grocery - Alva, OK

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Pioneer Aunt Crosha - Oklahoma

I found these pictures recently while cleaning out some of my files. They made me think you might like a story of an early Oklahoman that you won't find in a History book.

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Rock Cairns - Susquehanna County Pennsylvania

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Kansas & Oklahoma Gas Prices (Friday)

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McGill Bros. Furniture & Stoves - Alva, OK

McGill Bros. Furniture & Stoves was located in the 600 Block of Barnes Avenue, southside of the street, with the swimming pool behind the store.

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Major County Rock Cairn - NW Oklahoma

"The Waynoka Historical Society has been given a photo of a rock cairn in Major County. I hope your readers can shed light on its location and history.

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Cunningham's Northwest of Alva

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Growing Up In Oklahoma & Arkansas

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Born In Cabin - Pinevalley, OK

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Inquiry - Stella Friends Academy Class Roll

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OkieLegacy Guestbook

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Alva Restroom Early 1900's

As to Alva's "Restroom" (Ladies Resting Area while in downtown Alva, OK, in the early 1900's) ... I don't know if you found the old penciled guestbook that my grandmother had saved from that Ladies place. I have scanned it and put it on my webpages.

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Old Cowhand Story

This new technology has got me snowed ,but will try to get this through to you. I read the article about the boys fishing the skunks out of the hole with barb wire.

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Lester Raymer's Linocuts of Alva

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1909 EMF & McGill Bros. Furniture

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Stella Friends Academy - Alfalfa & Woods Co., OK

Chronicles of Oklahoma - Stella Friends Academy by Mary Blue Coppock -- The first high school of Alfalfa county, Oklahoma Territory. Seated around their breakfast table one morning in the year of 1896, were Alvin and Laura Coppock and their ten children.

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Oklahoma Weather & Gas Prices

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