“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” – Ronald Reagan I have pondered this quote by Ronald Regan many times in my concern for the political direction of …
The Texas Panhandle was occupied by the nomadic Southern Plains Indians until just after the Civil War. The Spanish claimed the area first, followed by the United States and then the Republic of Texas. However, they had not considered the Indians claim and the result was often hostile conflicts when the early Spanish and European-American …
Who was that “steely-eyed missile man” who saved the Apollo 12 Moon Mission on November 14, 1969? Thirty-six seconds into the launch a lightning strike caused a power surge, instruments malfunctioned and the important telemetry data to mission control was garbled. The flight director was about to abort the mission, however the “steely-eyed missile man” …
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Who was Red Buck and did he really have any money to hide? Three years after his escape from the train that was taking him to prison in 1890, he is a recognized member of Bob Doolin’s “Wild Bunch” outlaw gang. His first noted recognition was in the shootout with Federal Deputy Marshals at Ingalls, …
Just who was Oklahoma’s baddest outlaw? According to Temple Houston and Evitte Dumas Nix, there was only one. But what gave Temple Houston and Evitte Dumas Nix the right to choose? Evitte Dumas Dix was appointed US Marshall to Indian Territory, Oklahoma in 1893. Upon his appointment he promptly went about ridding the territory of …