Im fine just got a lot of rain. Think it almost got Nalora. Jean -----Original Message----- From: Mary Ellen Ledford <ellen@airmail.net> To: Jean <j3an@flash.net> Date: Sunday, October 04, 1998 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [OKROOTS-L] Fw: better get off >HOPE YOU ARE OK JEAN!!! STORMS OVER, I HOPE!!!! > >Take care. Neighbor to the south ....Dallas co. Tx. Mary > >At 09:31 PM 10/4/98 -0500, you wrote: >>Wondered what happened to that letter. >>missed me again. >>I was in a bit of a hurry, typing real fast. >>Jean >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: David Labadie <david@mindspring.com> >>To: Jean <j3an@flash.net> >>Date: Sunday, October 04, 1998 9:24 PM >>Subject: Re: better get off >> >> >>>...hope you didn't get blown away. >>> >>>(you forgot the s in rootSweb) >>> >>>d. >>> >>>david@rootweb.com (no s) >>> >>> >>>At 08:42 PM 10/4/98 -0500, you wrote: >>>>I better get off. >>>>They are blowing all the sirens. >>>>If I get blown away. Been nice to know you. >>>>Jean >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/e/d/Mary-E-Ledford/ >

I've been working on a paper all day and this is the first chance I've had to check in since the storms began. Our daughter arrived back in Stillwater around 6:00 and told us they shut down I-35 up that direction just as she got off. We are having high, high winds now but no real danger. So glad to read that all of you guys are okay. Has everyone checked in? I thought about you 'Northerners' as the TV kept beeping. ...and glad to see some sharing old Capital Hill memories. Just what I wanted. Thanks......Beth

At 08:32 PM 10/4/98 -0500, Bill Walsh wrote: > Thgere is also a Pleasant Valley between Okmulgee and Henryetta. My >grandfather lived there at the time of his death. *singing* Another Pleasant Valley Sunday..... Nalora

At 09:14 PM 10/4/98 -0400, Elaine Miller wrote: >Does anyone know if there is a list of individuals buried in >Rose Hill Cemetary in Oklahoma City? I am looking for >Andrew Llwelyn Rowe or any of his family members. Thanks, Rose Hill Burial Park is located at 6006 NW Grand Blvd, Oklahoma City their telephone number is: (405) 843-5771 Nalora

At 07:33 PM 10/4/98 -0500, Jean wrote: >Glad you said something I didn't have the TV on. >Jean Two of them went right over my head. I heard the "freight train" at one point just as the sirens went off. I was already in the closet, listening to the radio. (You know you are a die hard geneaologist when the first thing that gets thrown into the closet is the file boxes---portable, of course, since in Oklahoma...you never know when these things will happen.) Only 15 minutes from beginning buildup to meso-cyclone...whoooeee they came through FAST. Nalora

Nalora wrote: > Two of them went right over my head. I heard the "freight train" at one > point just as the sirens went off. I was already in the closet, listening to > the radio. > (You know you are a die hard geneaologist when the first thing that gets > thrown into the closet is the file boxes---portable, of course, since in > Oklahoma...you never know when these things will happen.) > Only 15 minutes from beginning buildup to meso-cyclone...whoooeee they came > through FAST. I'm glad you're O.K. It's also good to hear that the warning systems are better now. I'll never forget hearing the "freight train", looking out the window to see the funnel passing a short distance away at tree-top level -- and THEN hearing the warning on TV. Sharon McAllister 73372.1745@compuserve.com

I hope you are all okay. I am from OR, and never been in anything like a tornado.....Pray God I never will.....We just have really big storms here with 100 mph winds, ice storms, falling trees and things like that. God Bless and Keep you all.....Wishing you luck tonight. Tina Astoria, OR

Glad you are all right. I was to stupid to even think of getting in the closet. I keep thinking about all my pictures on the wall and if I should take them down. Jean -----Original Message----- From: Vashti <vashti@theshop.net> To: Jean <j3an@flash.net>; OKROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <OKROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, October 04, 1998 9:49 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [OKROOTS-L] Tornadoes in OK >At 07:33 PM 10/4/98 -0500, Jean wrote: >>Glad you said something I didn't have the TV on. >>Jean > >Two of them went right over my head. I heard the "freight train" at one >point just as the sirens went off. I was already in the closet, listening to >the radio. > >(You know you are a die hard geneaologist when the first thing that gets >thrown into the closet is the file boxes---portable, of course, since in >Oklahoma...you never know when these things will happen.) > >Only 15 minutes from beginning buildup to meso-cyclone...whoooeee they came >through FAST. > >Nalora > >

Believe it or not you get where you don't think much about them. The sirens don't go off very often. I was scared it would mess up my computer or I wouldn't have gotten off. I didn't take shelter. No storm celler. Jean -----Original Message----- From: Tina <grizzly@pacifier.com> To: OKROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <OKROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, October 04, 1998 10:00 PM Subject: [OKROOTS-L] Tornadoes...... >I hope you are all okay. I am from OR, and never been in anything like a >tornado.....Pray God I never will.....We just have really big storms here >with 100 mph winds, ice storms, falling trees and things like that. God >Bless and Keep you all.....Wishing you luck tonight. >Tina >Astoria, OR > >

AMEN! I am in SE Oklahoma and am fairly in the clear as of now, but I know there are many of us in the path of tornadoes 'a plenty!!! I'm thinking of you and praying for a safe night! Tiffany Edmonds From: Tina <grizzly@pacifier.com> Subject: [OKROOTS-L] Tornadoes...... >I hope you are all okay. I am from OR, and never been in anything like a >tornado.....Pray God I never will.....We just have really big storms here >with 100 mph winds, ice storms, falling trees and things like that. God >Bless and Keep you all.....Wishing you luck tonight. >Tina >Astoria, OR > >

Wondered what happened to that letter. missed me again. I was in a bit of a hurry, typing real fast. Jean -----Original Message----- From: David Labadie <david@mindspring.com> To: Jean <j3an@flash.net> Date: Sunday, October 04, 1998 9:24 PM Subject: Re: better get off >...hope you didn't get blown away. > >(you forgot the s in rootSweb) > >d. > >david@rootweb.com (no s) > > >At 08:42 PM 10/4/98 -0500, you wrote: >>I better get off. >>They are blowing all the sirens. >>If I get blown away. Been nice to know you. >>Jean >> >> >

Sure will. Jean -----Original Message----- From: Elaine Miller <emiller@hom.net> To: Jean <j3an@flash.net> Date: Sunday, October 04, 1998 8:12 PM Subject: Rowe's in Capital Hill >I sent a query about the possibility of Mamie Virginia Rowe >who may have run a boarding house in Capital Hill. She >later married a Northrop so she may have that name. Will >you look her or any other Rowes up when you are doing your >research. >Thanks, >Elaine >

As the time came for the Land Run to begin 12:00. The long row toeing this line is bending forward, panting with excitment, and looking with greedy eyes toward the new Canaan, the women with their dresses tucked up to their knees, the men stripped of coats and waistcoasts for the race to follow. And then a trumpet call, or a gun shot or the wave of a white hankerchief, answered by a thousand hungrey yells from all along the line, and hundreds of men and women on foot and on horseback break way across the prairie. Shrill cries rose from the boomers, their whip lashes resounded, the horsemen among them shot forward impetuously, the teams tugged at the ratteling harness and the whole motley crowd swept forward with gathering motion. In a contest so wholly one of speed the race was to the swift, and the broad line began to straggle, the galloping horsement disappearing over the forest crest. Shortly after noon, at 12:10 the Winfield and Cowley County townsite colony arrived at Guthrie, coming in from the east. THis was the organization which had sent surveyors to Guthrie before the run and had their own plat drawn up. THe various detachments of the colony had met at Ponca agency, crossed the Salt Fork ahead of the others, and moved on down across the northern flange of the Oklahoma country to a point on the border east of their destination. They did not stop there however, continuing on across the line and camping only one mile from Guthrie on the morning of the twenty-second. They arrived at Guthrie far ahead of others from the north only to discover with great dismay, that they had been beaten there by hundreds more. These being people who had been sent in as law enforcement, military, railroad, and surveyors. Authors Note (My comments) In trying to unravel all the information given, I tried to prove or disprove whether our ancestors were Oklahoma Sooners. The information I found is below as each person will have to come to his or her own conclusion, as I could not prove it one way or the other. The Land Grants are indexed in books by surnames, and microfilmed.( I only searched the name Watson) There are 3 rolls. Then the names are placed by county. I found William WAtson in Guthrie in 1890. Also in Payne Co. in 1900. I did not trace any other Watsons or Coblers. Did not find a John Watson in 1890. After reading various Watson-Coblers I then tried to find the court cases so could determine which one was ours. The Court Cases after 4 years of trying to determine who were Sooners, the records were sent to Washington D.C. In these records consisted of family histories, how they came into Oklahoma Territory , where they orginal came from. Any question so they could determine who belonged where as there were 4-5 claims on each piece of land. In 1926 The Director of the National Archives decided the Court Cases were disposable waste paper and had all records destroyed and disposed. This is a sad time in Oklahoma history. So much could have been learnt from these records. Most of this information was copied from the Oklahoma City Library in 1989. Phyllis Murphy ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1

I know of a boarding house in downtown OKC my grandpartents met there in 1911. But it was run by a Mrs Lucas.. It is no longer there don't know when it was torn down. Also it was on a hill. But a lot of downtown is on hills. Several hills in Capitol Hill. Downtown is miles from Capitol Hill. Jean -----Original Message----- From: Elaine Miller <emiller@hom.net> To: OKROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <OKROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, October 04, 1998 8:04 PM Subject: [OKROOTS-L] Boarding house >I have heard that my gggrandmother ran a boarding house up >on a hillin Oklahoma City. Would this be the Capital Hill >area that you are talking about or is there any other hill >area in OK City that you know of. Here name was Mamie Rowe >and she moved there in 1925. Does any of that sound >familiar to anyone? >Thanks, >Elaine > >

The government turned all the area over to the University of Oklahoma. They have built many bldgs. on the land. sbd

In a message dated 10/5/98 5:39:47 AM, ednix@pacbell.net wrote: <<Lived at Hillsdale when I was in second grade. We had no cellar so Mr. Greene, across the road, invited us to spend the night with him and his family in theirs. After that night mamma swore she would not spend another minute in a storm cellar. We never did. If dad was at home we would get into the old Buick and drive. If dad was at work we would sit out on the porch and watch the action. >> I grew up in Waurika (US 81 and 70) in southern Oklahoma MANY years before radar. I still remember the nights that the fire sirens sounded loudly and I was wakened from my deep sleep and carried to either the Stuarts or the Bartlings...the only ones in our neighborhood with storm shelters. I didn't like going down in them and it especially bothered me that my daddy and all the other men stood out in the yard watching!!! I also remember a spring Saturday when I looked out our upstairs bathroom window and could see nothing but black in the northwest. I later learned a tornado had hit Hastings. Today I was grateful for the Weather Channel. We were "down" in Norman (live in Wichita, KS) and usually don't leave the area until 3-3:30, getting back to Wichita about 6 p.m. When the Weather Channel showed a very good possibility of severe storms along I35 we high-tailed it back to Wichita about 11 a.m...otherwise we would have been caught in the severe weather! Glad everyone down there is OK tonight. sbd

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE NAVAL AIR TRAINING SCHOOL IN NORMAN, OK ? IT WAS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA IN THE LATE 40'S EARLY 50'S. THE UNIVERSITY WAS USING IT UNTIL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAME IN AND ACTIVATED THE SCHOOL FOR TRAINING IN AVIATION MECHANICS. R.W.

Thgere is also a Pleasant Valley between Okmulgee and Henryetta. My grandfather lived there at the time of his death. Bill Walsh

Does anyone know if there is a list of individuals buried in Rose Hill Cemetary in Oklahoma City? I am looking for Andrew Llwelyn Rowe or any of his family members. Thanks, Elaine

I have heard that my gggrandmother ran a boarding house up on a hillin Oklahoma City. Would this be the Capital Hill area that you are talking about or is there any other hill area in OK City that you know of. Here name was Mamie Rowe and she moved there in 1925. Does any of that sound familiar to anyone? Thanks, Elaine