Yesterday I wrote about a story my mother told me concerning the Latty family and World War I. This period in history has always fascinated me. Looking back at it, times then seemed to be more innocent, less hectic, more straight forward and a lot less crowded. Tahlequah, Oklahoma was small and had dirt streets. Farmers […]
Jul 7, 2013
A Glimpse of History
Filed Under: Musings · Tagged: Blanche Day Manos, farm, history, Latty, Oklahoma, Tahlequah, World War I
Jun 5, 2013
Take a Trip in Time
I found it in the shed of my parents’ home in Tahlequah. It was a strange-looking object; metal and heavy, sort of resembling an axe without the handle. “What is it?” I asked Mom. She seemed surprised that I didn’t know. “Why, it’s an adze,” she said. “What’s it for?” “Papa used one for splitting […]
