Wednesday, August 26, 2015
24. The Explosion
Antlers American December 1, 1910 No. 39 FOURTEEN KILLED IN EXPLOSION OF THE JUMBO ASPHALT MINE. "On Monday, November 28 about 7:25 o'clock one of the most serious and saddest accidents occurred at the Jumbo Asphalt Mines in which 14 of Pushmataha's best citizens lost their lives...." On that...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015
23. Happy Times
On November 16, 1907 Oklahoma became the 46 th State of the Union. The name was settled upon statehood. Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory were merged and Indian was dropped from the name. Ben Sanders explained to Hursy, "We no longer live in The Choctaw Nation of The Indian Territory even...
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INTERMISSION
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Monday, August 24, 2015
22. Wagon Wheels Keep Rolling
"Wapanucka Press, Oklahoma, Oct 1907 J. L. Simpson who has been living near Ego, loaded a car of corn and household goods Friday and returned to his old home in Arkansas" Wapanucka Press often made little errors in their newspaper information. The above bit of news was just a bit misleading. John...
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Sunday, August 23, 2015
21. Catastrophe Impact
~ Today you bring me flowers with a smile upon your face and love thoughts glowing in your eyes, and we embrace with warm and tender touch that does not want to cease. I close my eyes with giddiness, enjoying your manly scent, mingling with the perfumed blossoms on which your pay was spent-- the...
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