Volume 5 , Issue 13

Oakie's NW Corner

It was another windy, Spring week here in Oklahoma, except for this Friday when the temperatures dipped down into the 40s and 50s. The end of March brings a possible chance of frost, freezes this weekend... but no snow.

I have been spending my time this week finishing up the NW OK Marriages of 1943-44. I have also been reading some more early 1900 history from the Alva Pioneer Souvenir Edition dated January 1904. There was an article entitled The Scramble for Land and a couple of Letters to the Editor (from George Rollins and John Culver) that I thought you might like to read for yourselves.

As to the 1909 Colorado vacation photo album of our grandmother's, I have run across a couple of pictures that show a Glidden Auto Tour of 1909 gathering at the Antler's Hotel in Colorado Springs. The photos were taken around July 27, 1909. This automobile company started from Buffalo, New York and went west as far as Denver before their return trip back to New York.

The Antlers Hotel was a majestic looking hotel located at the west-end of Pike's Peak Ave., in Colorado Springs, Colo. This writer is not quite sure when the Antlers Hotel was demolished but ran across a website showing the building being demolished around 1964. I understand that in 1895 there was a fire and there have been three different Antlers Hotel at that spot over the years. This photo of 1909 shows the second Antlers Hotel. If some of you readers from out around that area could fill us in, that would be great.

Did you know... that the Legion Heights sub-division south of Alva, Oklahoma was once a veteran housing addition during the WWII days? One of our readers of the OkieLegacy.net was reminiscing and dropped me a line and mentioned that bit of info. Diana's email is listed in the Mailbag Corner below.

What is our destiny? This quote by William Jennings Bryan might say it all, "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it's a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it's a thing to be achieved."

Here is to our troops fighting over in Iraq. May our support and prayers be with them all. See you all next weekend. If you have any Okie Legacies or thoughts to share, send them along.

~~ Linda "oaKie" ~~

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