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TAPS
Thanks for the explanation! Makes perfect sense now...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 24, 2015 at 9:26 PM
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TAPS
Great stories you write love.
posted by
WileyJohn
on September 24, 2015 at 3:11 PM
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Well the old chap stuck it out very well without his help mate. Of course what seems a few miles today was a bit different in that time.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 24, 2015 at 9:46 AM
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the splitting of families...hmnn I think you have given me my post for today.
posted by
Kabu
on September 24, 2015 at 8:15 AM
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Re: Naut
You have to take into account that this post was set in 1920--a world of difference from today. Compared to Antlers, Atoka was cosmopolitan. Antlers was a "hick" little town at the foot of the Kiamichi Mountains. Atoka, at that time, was considered "The Metropolis of the Choctaw Nation." It was said to be "In the center of everything." "The Choctaw Nation" was progressive. Where Antlers had one school, grades one through 12, Atoka had four high schools and multiple grade schools, and a school for higher learning. Antlers had one newspaper, Atoka had many, some weekly, some daily. The years, the Dust Bowl problems, the Big Depression all have made a difference, but even today, if you physically go to each, which I have done, the two are not alike. My dad loved Antlers, and yet that quick stop he made of post #28 was the last time ever that he returned to Antlers except for in his memories and his many tales.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 24, 2015 at 8:11 AM
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TAPS
I'm trying to fully understand the motivation here...I have visited both Antlers and Atoka (You go to Google to read up on physics - I go to Google Earth to visit places, LOL), they're very close, and there ain't exactly a world of difference, LOL...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 24, 2015 at 7:21 AM
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There was a whole lot of moving done back then.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on September 24, 2015 at 5:28 AM
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It wasn't so easy to keep in touch in those days. I imagine many parents ached for news of their loved ones.
posted by
adnohr
on September 24, 2015 at 3:38 AM
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Funny how one person makes all the difference in a situation.
And he was just being himself.
posted by
Pat_B
on September 24, 2015 at 3:28 AM
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I do love these stories.
posted by
Justi
on September 23, 2015 at 10:07 PM
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