Duchess of Weaselskin

Bayfield, Colorado - Thank goodness NW Okie left these short-nosed Duchess and Sadie Pugs back in the cool Colorado Rockies while she headed East towards the prairies of Kansas and Oklahoma. We hear that a few drops of moisture makes the air heavy and too muggy to breathe.

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Clara Gorsching (1926-1929)

Oklahoma - In the OkieLegacy, Vol. 7, Iss. 30, dated 7/30/2005, Deanna Griffin (Gorsching) had an Inquiry concerning Clara Gorsching. It has been about six years since then and I do not know the email of Deanna today, but maybe someone out there reading this might be able to help these Gorsching descendants. If you do not want your email address posted for everyone to view, I would like to help you make the connection. If Deanna, Richard and Ciera would like to exchange emails, you could go through my email address (Linda - Email: mcwagner.lk@gmail.com) and I could hook each of you up together.

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Beginnings of Indian Territory West of Mississippi

Oklahoma - We found the following book online at books.google.com that give the formation of the state of Oklahoma (1803-1906), written by Roy Gittinger, Ph. D. (Professor of English history and Dean of Undergraduates in the University of Oklahoma), published back to 1917.

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This Day In History (July 25)

America - On July 25, 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, claiming the lives of 51 people. The trans-atlantic liners Andrea Doria and Stockholm collided in a heavy Atlantic fog at 11:22 o'clock the night ofJuly 25, 1956, forty-five miles south of Nantucket island. All the 1,134 passengers aboard to abandon ship and it was reported to had been rescued at 4:58 A.M. Go to Article.

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Fargo Springs & Springfield, KS

Kansas - As we were traveling East this last weekend along Highway 160 from cool Colorado Rockies through Western Kansas, we took a rest, stretch break at this little rest area near the JCTs of why 160 & 83 in southwestern Kansas. It had the following Kansas Historical Marker (erected by the Kansas Historical Society and State Highway commission) concerning Fargo Springs and Springfield.

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The Cherokee Outlet

Cheroke Outlet, Oklahoma Territ - The part of Oklahoma Territory that my ancestors settled in was the northwestern part (a.k.a. Alva Land District, or "M" county), of the Cherokee Outlet. Cherokee Outlet Map of Oklahoma TerritoryThe Cherokee Outlet (a.k.a. Cherokee Strip) was formed by the United States government to give the Cherokee Indians of Eastern Oklahoma a path or "Outlet" to hunting lands in the West. It ran along the northern part of Oklahoma Territory.

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NW Okie's Ancestry Corner

Alva, Oklahoma - Last Friday in the early morning hours of Mountain Daylight Time we headed East towards the Kansas and Oklahoma Summer prairies. We did get to reconnect with our horses, especially Nugget, my favorite palomino. Nugget is special because he was named after a palomino that my dad raised from a colt when we were just young children.

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The Library of Congress

America - C-SPAN's original feature documentary, "The Library of Congress, is a behind-the-scenes look at the national repository, providing the history of the institution, a tour of its iconic Jefferson Building, and glimpses of some of the library's rare book, photo, and map collections.

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