Duchess & Sadie's Snowy Domain

Bayfield, Colorado - It has been a slight warming trend with temps in the 40's around here. We are just waiting for another winter storm that might be passing through here during mid-week. Hope you are all keeping warm and cozy inside for Winter!

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Nickels Home Restoration

Alva, Oklahoma - Bill left a comment under the Nickels Home Restoration progress last week. Maybe some of you have seen it already. For those who did not, we have included it here.

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Fort Supply Sanitarium, NW OK

Fort Supply, Oklahoma - A comment was left in our OkieLegacy Ezine, View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Kenneth Dwight Pittman Bio

Alva, Oklahoma - Vickie J. Glover sent us the following interview she had back in November 11, 2007, with Kenneth Dwight Pittman, a cousin. Kenneth Pittman lived Southeast of Alva, Oklahoma. Vickie says, "I thought you might like to add this to a bio on families from Alva, Oklahoma." It reads as follows as Kenneth Dwight Pittman told it to his cousin, Vickie Glover.

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Home Comfort Range (1934) - The Kitchen & Measurements

America - Back in the 1930's Home Comfort was stating the following as to what a Home Comfort Kitchen should be: "The most essential things in a kitchen are convenience, good light, ventilation, and attractiveness by cleanliness and order."

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Saline Game Preserve (Dog Ranch)

Cherokee, Oklahoma - Back in our OkieLegacy Archives we found the following information concerning the Saline Game Preserve (Dog Ranch). Grace Wessel wrote in inquiring to information concerning Orville (last name unknown) who worked for the Saline Game Preserve (known as "Dog Ranch" to locals) over at the Great Salt Plains, near Cherokee, Oklahoma.

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IOOF Carmen Children Home

Carmen, Oklahoma - Jennifer Murrow comments on the View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

NW Okie's R & R - The Good Old Days & Sayings

Bayfield, CO - This week's old photo dates back to 29 December 1922, showing Constance Estella (Warwick) McGill, William J. McGill and their two sons, Gene (front row, in front of William McGill) and Robert (standing with his bike next to Constance). Constance and William Mcgill and family appear to be standing in their backyard in Alva, Woods county, Oklahoma. Does anyone recognize the two-story home across the street? Is it still there today?

Gene seems to have a rope loosely hanging around his neck and attached to something. What is it?

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This Day In History (January 17)

America - On Jan. 17, 1863, an Editorial Cartoon of the Day appeared in Harper's Weekly, featuring a cartoon about the Civil War. READ MORE about the Editorial Cartoon

On this day in history, January 17th, do you remember back to you school days of studies and history class?

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Magill vs McGill

We heard from a Ruth Johnson (email: AzaleaBlsm@aol.com) in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, who says, "Your webb site is very interesting to me because I also had an ancestor named William Magill who came from Scotland via Ireland to Augusta County, Virginia via Pennsylvania.

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