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Sunday, December 7, 2025

V. Continuing Saga -- Etterville

Etterville, a tiny village in the Ozark Mountain wilderness of Missouri looked promising to John Simpson. It was named after the Etter family and everyone in it was named Etter, or married to one, or the progeny of one. There was one really big house that needed painting and repair and upkeep. In... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 6, 2025

IV. No End to Prejudice

John grew up with "The People". After a year or so, his father came no more and eventually "The People" received word that he had died in Lachine, Montreal. "The Métis" (the mixed-race person) as John was called did not talk a lot about his childhood to his grandson later. There was prejudice... Sign in to see full entry.

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III. The Métis (Mixed Race Person)

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 handwritten journals, names and dates in the Family Bible and faded photos. Best of all we loved his tales. He... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 5, 2025

II. The Last Time I Saw Yukon...

The last time I saw my Auntie Edith in her home in Yukon, Oklahoma around 1990, I was really shocked to see and hear a working oil-drilling rig pumping away in her back yard not many feet from her back door. The noise that it made precluded any kind of conversation. I'd never seen that before so... Sign in to see full entry.

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I. Lots of Frackin' Shaking Going On

.....And, it isn't about to stop anytime soon. To some people it is probably no big deal because the magnitude of most of them is 3.0 or less. But when they are continuous day after day they do leave an unrest in the hearts and minds of the people who live in Oklahoma or who have a history there or... Sign in to see full entry.

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