Duchess of Weaselskin

Bayfield, CO - June is gone and July is here! And 2012 is half full with another half to finish out the year! With the Summer monsoons coming early, Sadie and I (Duchess) have recently found a relaxing solitude in NW Okie's wooden swing before the afternoon rain clouds start forming.


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Highland, Virginia - Highland Pioneers & Sub-Pioneers

Highland County, VA - In Section II of the History of Highland County Virginia we learn about the classification of Highland families. They were classified as Pioneer and Sub-pioneer. The Pioneers were those who arrived prior to 1815. The sub-pioneers were those later families who came prior to 1865. Then there are those who came since 1865 and those surnames which had disappeared from the region.

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The Great Commoner - Wm. J. Bryan

Alva, OK - Remembering back to William Jennings Bryan's visit to Alva, Oklahoma when Bryan drew a large crowd on the west Courthouse lawn, in downtown Alva, M (Woods) county, Oklahoma Territory when he stumped the state to urge the adoption of the proposed State Constitution.

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100 Years Ago Today - 2 July 1912

America - The World, date 2 July 1912, Tuesday, out of New York had the following headlines one hundred years ago today, as written by Martin Green: Wilson The Nominee, Gov. Wilson, Democratic Nominee for President. It also was accompanied by photos of Gov. Wilson and his wife and three daughters.

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1912 - Harriet Quimby & Passenger Killed In Fall From Plane

New York - It was 1912, July 2nd, Tuesday, in the New York Tribune, that we learn of the death of Harriet Quimby and a passenger killed in fall from a plane. The woman aviator, Harriet Quimby, and W.A.P. Willard plunge 1,000 fee into Boston Harbor when wind upsets machine.

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Frances Perkins (1880-1965)

America - We found the following video on YouTube concerning the biography of Frances Perkins, and read by what seem to be school girls.

Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Davies, (April 10, 1880[1] May 14, 1965) was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition. She and Interior Secretary Harold Ickes were the only original members of the Roosevelt cabinet who remained in offices for his entire presidency.

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NW Okie's Corner

Bayfield, CO - How does your garden grow? After laying a concrete paver floor on our little 6 ft. by 8 ft. greenhouse, our veggies, particularly our tomatoes, are free of the pesky ground squirrels picking our ripening tomatoes before we do. IF . . . those pesky rodents try burrowing in from outside now, they will get a gigantic headache as they come into contact with the concrete pavers.

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1912 - Sane 4th July Celebration

Washington DC - In The Washington Times, dated 02 July 1912, out of Washington, D.C., mentioned this little tidbit about a "Sane Celebration Will Again Mark Independence Day" with daylight fireworks and band concerts being the features of the day.

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