Duchess of Weaselskin
Bayfield, Colorado - Has the weather calmed down some in the Heartland of Oklahoma this week? Durango, Colorado was suppose to get up in the 80's this week. NW Okie has been heating up her portable greenhouse, purchasing some blooming tomatoes and herb plants from our local Bayfield, Colorado nursery. AND . . . someone mentioned that hummingbirds have been spotted around here. Everything is arriving earlier than usual, it seems!
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Highland County Virginia - Land Ownership
Highland County, Virginia - [The photo on the left is a penny postcard sent by R. B. Doyle, Vanderpoole, Virginia, 6 September 1907, to Miss Constance Estella Warwick, received 10 September 1907, in Alva, Oklahoma.]
We have learned that the letter of the law, the unoccupied lands of colonial Virginia belonged to the king, as a personification of the state. The public domain was parceled out to private individuals in a way very much like the homestead law by which a great part of the West had been settled during the last half-century.
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Timeline of World War II
America - The start of the world war II was generally held to be 1 September 1939, beginning with the German invasion of Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later. Other dates fro the beginning of war included the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937.
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100 Years Ago Today - April 23, 1912
America - n The Washington Herald, dated Tuesday, April 23, 1912, out of Washington, D.C., we found a photo of Maj. Arthur Peuchem and his family who survived the sinking of the Titanic.
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Titanic Officer Swears Wreck Due To Company's Neglect
Tacoma, Washington - According to The Tacoma Times, dated Tuesday 23 April 1912, in Tacoma, Washington, there was headlines that broadcasted that the "Titanic Officer Swears Wreck Due To Company's Neglect." A week after the sinking of the Titanic, we were hearing news stories of vivid stories told of how the great ship sank, 16 April 1912.
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List of World War II Prisoner of War Camps in the USA
America - In the United States, at the end of World War II there were 175 Branch Camps serving 511 Area Camps containing over 425,000 prisoners of war (mostly German). The camps were located all over the US but were mostly in the South because of the expense of heating the barracks. Eventually, every state with the exception of Nevada, North Dakota, and Vermont had POW camps.
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The grocery store next to Snyders Cigar store was
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regarding Okie's story
from Vol. 8 Iss. 8
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UNTITLED
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NW Okie's Corner
Bayfield, Colorado - A few weeks ago someone contacted us about a German/English booklet they had found at a secondhand store in Germany to see if we wanted it. It was interesting to this NW Okie because on the inside cover it had stamped on the upper-left corner, "Camp Alva 23.4.45." It has 100 brief English for export and Import.
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Highland Virginia Official Directory (1895)
Highland County, Virginia - The Highland Recorder, dated 27 September 1895, in Monterey, Highland County, Virginia, under the Official Directory column it mentions that the Judge 13th Judicial Circuit, was the Hon. Wm. McLaughlin, Lexington, Virginia. We mentioned Judge McLaughlin a few weeks ago in the OkieLegacy Ezine.
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Camp Polk, Louisiana
America - Fort Polk is a United States ARmy installation located in Vernon Parish, 10 miles east of Leesville, Louisiana and 30 miles oath of DeRidder, Louisiana. It was named in honor of the Right Reverend Leonidas Polk, the first Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana, and a distinguished Confederate general in the American Civil War.
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