NW Okie's Corner & Oklahoma's Story

Bayfield, Colorado - Just for the record, we have given our beloved Duchess of Weaselskin a few days, weeks off. That is why you do not see her column, Duchess of Weaselskin. We found an Oklahoma history book on Google books titled, The Oklahoma Red Book, which comes in two volumes that I know of right now.

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A History of Kansas

Kansas - A History of Kansas, written by Anna Estelle Arnold, tells us that after four centuries had passed since Columbus discovered America. Kansas is a rectangle four hundred miles long and two hundred miles wide, in the center of of the United States. Kansas gradually slopes from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River. Its surface is cut by eastward flowing streams that lie level in the west but in the east curves into coutless hills and valleys.

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WWI Underground

Have you read anything about the Battle of Messines in 1917 where 455 tons of explosive place in 21 tunnels had taken more than a year to prepare created a huge explosion that killed an estimated 10,000 Germans?

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This Day In History (June 6 & 13)

Let us take you back to this day in history with two dates in June. The first date is June 6, 1944 (67 years ago) when the D-Day invasion of Europe took place during World War II as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. The headlines read that day: Hitler's Sea Wall Is Breached, Invaders Fighting Way Inland; New Allied Landings Are Made."

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The Fair Valley Story

Fair Valley, Oklahoma - Let us take you back this week to The Fair Valley Story, which was submitted to the OkieLegacy on a Thursday, 6 November 1997, compiled and written in 1997 by Wilma (Benson)Terrill, Alva, Oklahoma.

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Oklahoma's Little Dixie

Oklahoma - According to the Chronicles of Oklahoma and the Historical Society, a portion of Oklahoma in southeastern Oklahoma, was known by many as "Little Dixie" because of its close social, cultural and political connections to the American South. This Third Congressional District first elected Carl Albert to Congress in 1946 and composes the heart of the Little Dixie region. Little Dixie became known as a Democratic Stronghold.

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Jydsk Telefon Adtieselskab

[The photo on the left is a photo that David acquired at a garage sale for $20. It did not have the gold logo with the Swedish flags, but only has the words, "Jydsk Telefon Adtieselskab.] If anyone has found any other information concerning this old antique phone, I would really love to hear from you. Does it date back to the the 1914 or 1920's.

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Captain Nathan Boone's Journal

Oklahoma - Wes Devine thought this may be of interest to some concerning Captain Nathan Boone's Journal. Wes found the following link over at Chronicles of Oklahoma. This Web site tells of some of Nathanial Boone's exploration of Oklahoma and Kansas in 1941. He later completed another trip in 1943. He traveled through Northwest Oklahoma and camped along the Canadian River.

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