Cool Fall Temps Hit Alva

We either followed a cool front of Fall into northwest Oklahoma last week, OR... it followed us! The grass pastures look more like Spring than September and August, though.

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1893 Pioneer Tidbits

We thought, being 114 years ago this weekend, that we would share the following pioneer prairie pieces of tidbits that we gathered from The Alva Pioneer, dated Friday, January, 1894, Alva, Oklahoma Territory (O.T.). [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

The 1893 Run At Orlando

The newspaper reported twenty-five thousand people make the rush -- many sooners already were there and jumped the sounding of the gun [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

September 22, 1893 News

The First Issue, Volume 1 [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Surnames of Short Springs Cemetery

"I have made an error and thus I have forced you into an error [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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Fly the Flag 9/11/07

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1893 - O. T. Guidelines For Homesteaders

The 1893 The Alva Pioneer also had these guidelines for homesteaders:
This 1893 news article came from The Alva Pioneer, dated September 22, 1893, Alva, M County, O [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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What A Statue! Perryan Creates Larger-Than-Life Billy Sims Tribute

This news article appeared in the Perry Daily Journal, Wednesday, September 12, 2007, headlines: "What A Statue! Perryan Creates Larger-Than-Life Billy Sims Tribute" - written by Hailey R [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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OkieLegacy Centennial Moment

The Run For Homes... Seventy-Five thousand In The Scramble. The Strip Is Opened At Last. The Horses Beat the Railroad Trains, Because of the Terrible Crash -- The Crack of 100 Carbines -- The Signal -- The Stampede For Land -- No Casualties of a Serious Nature Reported -- Scenes and Incidents.

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Alva! Where Is It?

In an old 1893 newspaper, The Alva Pioneer, Alva, O.T., M county, there was an article with headlines that read: "Alva! Where it is Located; How it is surrounded."

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The 1893 Run At Stillwater

Ten thousand sturdy farmers make the run from that line [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

A Shrewd Old Mam (Man)

Here is another news item that appeared in The AlvA Pioneer, dated Friday, October 20, 1893, Alva, M County, O [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Great-Grandparents (HURT/MARKVICKA)

"My name is Diana Anne Hoffmann-Rodriguez, my maiden name is Bazar and we have a connection in common [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Oklahoma History & Family Genealogy Site

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1893 - Pioneer Citizens

This 1893 news article came from The Alva Pioneer, dated September 22, 1893, Alva, M County, O [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

September Celebrations In Northwest Oklahoma

The Campus... "A Silent message thru the ages - Is delivered to the races passing by, - And the wisdom of the sages - Flashes futily from the sturdy eye, - Watching Life's laughter, song and tears - Thru the eager march of onward years; - With quiet, unperturbed, mobile face - Inspires us to live with equal grace.' -- [Taken from The Ranger 1926 yearbook.]

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The 1893 Run At Caldwell

Fully ten thousand people make that grand rush for land in 1893 [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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The Alva Pioneer, in Alva, M County, O [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Union Pacific Railroad's Steam Engine #844

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Indiana POW Camps (WWII)

"Can you tell me about the prisoner of war camp at Windfall, Indiana? We have a few pictures but we wanted the name of the prisoners, and all that has been written about POW camps, never mentions this place [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

1893 - Alva Building & Loan Assoc.

On the first week or so of January, 1893 the Alva Building and Loan Association met in the Alva State Bank on Wednesday evening, January 10th, 1893, and the following officers were elected: W [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

The Spirit of Northwestern

The following "Spirit of Northwestern" was taken from the 1937 The Ranger Annual, Northwestern State Teachers' College as written by Ed Aud [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe