It is beginning to look a lot like Winter and Christmas around these parts in Southwest Colorado. At least the higher elevations are receiving the much wanted winter snow for its skiers and snowboarders. This photo was taken in the valley South of Bayfield, Colorado as the horses graze in the pasture Saturday afternoon.

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Man who invented 'Okie' dies in California

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1938 Ranger Yearbook, NSTC, Alva, OK

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Women's Roll in the 1950's

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Pioneer Rev. Samuel H. Raudebaugh

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Freedom, OK Pioneer

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Pioneer Fordyce Given Woodard

Before I start with the Woodard family legacy, let me ask some of you out there about the old Woodard house in Alva, Oklahoma. I was told awhile back that the red brick house on the southeast corner of Maple & 13th Street was called the Woodard house. Is that correct? The information for Fordyce Given Woodard came from Thoburn's 1916 history book, Volume 4, A Standard History of Oklahoma.

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Oklahoma Weather & Gas Prices

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Silverton, Colorado Snow

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Pioneer James Philander Renfrew

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Pioneer Richard Nicolds

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Pioneer Charles Edwin Moyer

The death of the late Charles Edwin Moyer occurred January 20, 1911, at his home in Alva, Woods county, Oklahoma. He was a man who had contributed to Alva, Woods County's welfare and upbuilding and who had lent material encouragement to its agricultural interests. Mr. Moyer was pre-eminently a self-made man, and from the outset of is career was compelled to overcome obstacles and survive disappointments in his struggle for success and position.

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Cousin Mentioned In Vada's Diary

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McGill-Hentges of Perry, OK

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Ellis Island Foundation

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Winfred Hamilton

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