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Once upon a time.....ah!i still love stories told of people,places,events long gone yet have left a mark somewhere in hearts,books,journals,diaries,stones.....thanks for sharing.
posted by
shamasehar
on August 20, 2015 at 3:17 AM
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Re: Justi
It was B.A. Sanders. During his time in the Civil War, he developed the habit of carrying with him a little journal and a pencil to record his travels and happenings. He continued that habit for the rest of his life. Pencil writing doesn't keep well through the ages, buy my dad tried hard to keep his writings and tales intact. And, then, please remember my Disclaimer at the beginning of #3 post of this series, "Disclaimer: Even though our family has always accepted this information as the word-of-mouth history of my Dad's Oklahoma family, there is very little to prove anything legally. My dad kept hand written journals, names and dates in the family Bible, photos most of which are faded. Best of all we loved his tales. He was a very good family historian. He grew up in close proximity to both of his grandfathers, who were both interested in passing on verbally their life stories to him so he could carry on the tradition." And now we have the Internet--genealogies, old newspaper archives, etc. For these posts on Blogit, for the sake of interesting reading, I have filled in at times with my own imagination.
posted by
TAPS.
on August 19, 2015 at 6:00 PM
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Somebody kept good records of the travesl. This is very interesting all of them.
posted by
Justi
on August 19, 2015 at 5:04 PM
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TAPS
Fascinating adventurous times for them, tough going all the same though love
posted by
WileyJohn
on August 19, 2015 at 3:26 PM
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Sounds like it was a good place to settle. Wait for it at the fair. Perhaps Ben will buy a balloon.
posted by
C_C_T
on August 19, 2015 at 9:48 AM
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Every generation is the same...Those hormones kick in and the tug to run with the guys to feel safe enough to start looking at the girls... somethings just don't change.
posted by
Kabu
on August 19, 2015 at 9:09 AM
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TAPS
What a trip! And I couldn't resist and 'flew' to Antlers, Atoka, Tishomingo and Wapanucka via Google Earth and looked around...Of course they're all quite different today from what would have appeared to your travelers in those days...
posted by
Nautikos
on August 19, 2015 at 8:53 AM
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TAPS the rush
Among the promises, they seemed to find the women love. And, so you're here to tell us the history of it.
posted by
BC-A
on August 19, 2015 at 6:48 AM
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Seems to me those years when we were building new things out of
the wilderness were the golden times for our people. Hard work, tribulations, but reward and the satisfaction of making something from "nothing."
posted by
Pat_B
on August 19, 2015 at 4:07 AM
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