Saturday, August 22, 2015
20. Off To Roff
Every single time that Ben Sanders was under the weather, it was due to a respiratory ailment of some kind. Everyone worried. Everyone worried because those who knew and loved him were aware that all twelve of his siblings, his birth mother, and her sister and mother, all died of consumption or...
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Friday, August 21, 2015
19. Not Again!
"In spilling a consignment of over a hundred pints of prohibition whiskey here Saturday Deputy Criswell caused great sorrow and consternation among the thirsty. Some of it was bottled in bond and some of it was straight Indian Territory goods guaranteed to make a man whip his wife, fight a buzz saw...
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
18. And, I Only Have Eyes For You
They first saw each other at the County Fair at Tishomingo amidst the hoopla of the Carnival. And from the time that Ollie Simpson saw Ben Sanders' dark wavy hair all slicked down, his blue eyes flashing at her, his white teeth in the midst of a big grin, she was hooked. She tried to feign an...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015
17. We Are Finally Getting There
The Oklahoma Indian Territory of 1900 was a land of enchantment for the two men who had never before been there. From the time they left the Arkansas/Oklahoma border heading west, they bumped along with loaded wagon from town to town, mountain to valley, river to plain, remembering and enjoying...
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Sunday, August 16, 2015
16. The Valley Of The Vapors
In the forested hills of the Ozark mountains of Arkansas, the hot springs bubble, spout, steam, flow and pour down and out of the cliffs, over boulders and clefts, on down to the Lake Oachita, just as they have done since the beginning. The thermal waters flow out of the ground, a million gallons of...
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