Oklahoma Rocking

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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.

Monday, December 22, 2025

14. Happy Days Are Here Again, La-La-La La- La- La- La...

On November 16, 1907, Oklahoma became the 46th 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... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 21, 2025

13. Wagon Wheels Keep Rolling

Wapanucka Press, Oklahoma, October 1907 "J.L. Simpson who has been living near Ego, loaded a car of corn and household goods on 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.... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, December 20, 2025

12. Back to B.A.

"In spilling a consignment of over a hundred pints of prohibition whiskey here on Saturday,Deputy Chris well 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... Sign in to see full entry.

11. Business Block in Roff Burned

"Wapanucka Press,October 1905 Business Block in Roff Burned: "Roff: Fire of an unknown origin started in the Eagle Drugstore and destroyed an entire block of business houses on the North side of Main Street with the exception of four buildings. The total loss will reach nearly, if not quite... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 19, 2025

10. Love Was When...

~ 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, enjoy your manly scent, mingling with the perfumed blossoms on which your pay was spent-- The... Sign in to see full entry.

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