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Thursday, January 1, 2026

8. Rose:

Slim walked down Woodward Avenue past Campus Martius and the Detroit Opera House without seeing much of anything. He almost collided with a nicely-dressed couple before he realized that his mind was a million miles away from life on the main street of Downtown Detroit. He had planned a really nice... Sign in to see full entry.

7. Sadie

The Ford Motor Company was incorporated in 1903, the year Hursel was born. By 1918 half of all cars in the United States were Ford Model T's. The integrated moving assembly line had changed the time it took to make one completed car from 12.5 hours to 1.5 hours and greatly lowered the price of a new... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

6. The End of Antlers

......The year that Ollie cried over Hursel's photo, Ben started thinking seriously about, and planning for, moving the family to Atoka. His Son had been gone for four years. He was nearly twenty now, and was apparently doing well for himself. Ben realized he needed to focus on the rest of his... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

5. Why? Why? Why?

Why did Hursel, Hursy, Kid, Slim, run away at age 15? It was more than rebellion, it was more than family tension, more than disagreement,....It was time. To understand his actions one must put together all of the posts of this story and consider all of the facts. There were always three strong men... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, December 29, 2025

4. The Freemason

It took every bit of the ten years that Hursy had been gone from home for Ben to admit to himself (never to Ollie) that it might have been a wee bit his fault that his son had run away from home. Ben was a proud man, a hard worker at anything he undertook. He was proud of his family heritage and... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 28, 2025

3. Big Plans

Slim stood with his packages in front of the closed cafe and remembered..... He remembered when he was "Hursy." He remembered how important he had felt working there as a boy. The cracked and dirty window still said " Ben's Cafe. " The inside of the windows had been soaped and all he could see was... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, December 27, 2025

2. The Roaring Twenties

When Ben saw Ollie cry over the photo, he had a fleeting desire to go to Kansas City and find Hursel. But, he knew how impossible that would be. He knew that until his son was ready to come home, he would not be found. In fact, "Slim" had already left K.C. From a copy of the morning news of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 26, 2025

HURSY GROWS UP

l. They Call Me Slim.... The first couple of years, they called him "Kid". But time brought physical physical growth, strength of character, and knowledge of how to survive on the circuit. Before long they dropped "The Kid" and settled on "Slim". He met a one-time pugilist along the way at one of... Sign in to see full entry.

16. Ollie Cried

The explosion at the Asphalt Mine in the Kiamichi Mountains of Pushmataha County at the end of 1910 made for somber holiday preparations for the Christmas Season. The town of Antlers was more quiet than normal and the churches better attended on Sundays and at Prayer Meetings. Families whose... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

15. 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... Sign in to see full entry.

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