tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104704762024-02-19T01:47:12.733-08:00Bromides... precious to Jim MartinPart of my heart is mirrored here. My cares and desires are here for you to see and understand...if you can.Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-28041020185874305702008-03-08T16:47:00.001-08:002008-03-27T12:41:01.492-07:00Serving my country was great...vote your heart in the upcoming election...keep us free from collectivists government expansion<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLZ8lt0dL7rVL_H3LSTHokmWkdrEXpQEQyxFwyHdt0jVYDfHcEuD_IMW4-iv1FgvpFxYYySe2hK6BC0Trw-ZHYGxk5buAhbr-58Sch9w1nulR-cnFrxNvLDH3yqUfwpIllan9/s1600-h/CampSimpSign.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182507599154198210" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 430px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 309px" height="236" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLZ8lt0dL7rVL_H3LSTHokmWkdrEXpQEQyxFwyHdt0jVYDfHcEuD_IMW4-iv1FgvpFxYYySe2hK6BC0Trw-ZHYGxk5buAhbr-58Sch9w1nulR-cnFrxNvLDH3yqUfwpIllan9/s400/CampSimpSign.jpg" width="345" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATLQMq-pzfIo2RSmFMjdYBF7fCYElzdjam9qSf-x2Sq_2qudxbgZmvsnKt7f1vRGjnd11C2CL2-qHrVl-MiHvgQ4dF_Q2_gho-be52N9QejxXCE4uvG6xPOAOUxDc2rfAjfWj/s1600-h/sailer+kissing+nurse.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175537394236895058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="337" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATLQMq-pzfIo2RSmFMjdYBF7fCYElzdjam9qSf-x2Sq_2qudxbgZmvsnKt7f1vRGjnd11C2CL2-qHrVl-MiHvgQ4dF_Q2_gho-be52N9QejxXCE4uvG6xPOAOUxDc2rfAjfWj/s400/sailer+kissing+nurse.jpg" width="463" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>the Blogmaster grew up on the farm across the road from Camp Simpson</em>Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-13192123678540783772007-07-26T16:34:00.000-07:002007-07-26T16:56:57.133-07:00Bromide and our water featured in TFT Newsletter<em>Butch Bridges publishes a weekly Internet newsletter about the greater Ardmore area. Subscriptions are free just send email to butchbridges@cableone.net with the word "Subscribe" in the subject line.<br /><br />Here is an article from this weeks T&T about Bromide<br /><br /><br /></em><br />Hi Butch and Jill, Congratulations on your upcoming anniversary! Sorry I missed you when you were here in Medicine Park. Hope you'll come back again soon, 'cause everything is changing so rapidly! Several years ago I went to Wapanucka, Oklahoma to visit my Dad's nephew and neices (my cousins). They took me all around the countryside and told me of stories regarding my grandparents and my Dad. One story was told about a spring that flowed with bromide. It was said to have healing powers, so President Hoover came to the spring once to drink from it. The spring still flows, altho it's more of a trickle today than it is a spring. I also believe it is condensed bromide, because it tastes plum awful!!!! I was almost afraid that the taste indicated it was poisonous! (my knees quit hurting after I drank it though.) Then my cousin took me to the old school where my Dad went as a youngster. I walked inside (it's been closed for years) and expected to find a piece of memorabilia........... I found a spoon struck in a wall crack and an ink well....... I was in heaven! I could just imagine my dad eating jam with that spoon and dipping his pen in the ink well for some story he was told to write. I kept these with the treasures I have that remind me of my Dad. Times were certainly different back when Dad was a boy. I'll write about that some other time. Enjoying the "Summertime" in the Wichita Mountains." -Joy Willingham joyw@mptelco.comJimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-77215852667686888792007-07-03T11:55:00.000-07:002007-07-03T12:06:01.187-07:00Bromide native!... you gotta have this if you love Bromide, Oklahoma<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherWq9VWnDnGKwIib7_64Dkf4NVOVU__m9cVg11o5hYeSJQZyeh2Pl65KtjvSGYGMzrTxRuANtK8LC4fmWQZrNYpjpof0SjBtjW45k-BX2JzmTClVXg71QLRXiBcDOb8078sIA/s1600-h/aaabro.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherWq9VWnDnGKwIib7_64Dkf4NVOVU__m9cVg11o5hYeSJQZyeh2Pl65KtjvSGYGMzrTxRuANtK8LC4fmWQZrNYpjpof0SjBtjW45k-BX2JzmTClVXg71QLRXiBcDOb8078sIA/s400/aaabro.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083046570697943442" /></a><br />In 1977 John Morris published his book, "Ghost Towns of Oklahoma". Bromide was one of the 130 portrayed in his book. He gave special recognition of Bromide on the back cover of his book. Bromide was a booming health resort and in 1911 when the railroad came to Bromide carrying multi-millionaire Robert Galbreath's oil money, the town seemed destined to boom. And it did, for a while.<br /><br />Bromide is my hometown. My wife and I started the research for this book in 1993, when we visited the Oklahoma Historical Society and copied most of the Bromide Herald issues which were from 1911 to 1915. We recieved permission to use photos from four private collections. We did extensive research of the Indian Territory, the Chickasaws and Choctaws at the National Archives here in Fort Worth. They had the only 1908 town site map of Bromide I could find. We were able to do some research of the early rodeo days in Bromide at the Cowboy Hall of Fame Archives in Oklahoma City. Also a lot of this rodeo information was found in the Herald. And finally a lot of help about the Indian Territory history came from the Chickasaw Council House Museum and the Johnston County Historical Society both located in Tishomingo Oklahoma. The book is 25.00 plus shipping.<br /><br />This 239 page book, "Bromide Oklahoma Centennial, From Boastown to Ghostown Our Hometown is 8 & 1/2" by 11" soft cover. It contains well over 200 photographs and many documents. "My story" runs through-out but is mostly the last part of the book. <br /><br /><strong></strong><a href="bromideoklahoma.com">Click here to order book</a><br /><br /><em>Bromide is the Blogmaster's hometown to! On the Post Office lists in the book: WL Martin is my dad William Laverne Martin 1900-1955 who spent his whole life in his beloved Johnston county and died on a cold night in December 31st in 1955 on our farm across from Camp Simpson. He has spent most of his life as a cowboy and rufneck. My thanks to the authors of this book. I will treasure my copy.</em>Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-51174862373631981042007-06-15T10:19:00.001-07:002007-06-15T10:19:37.663-07:00Visit viewsok.com<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIg_d4yGwWMxmzuX_Lrq3ON0egGBkwQ8efpYaLntncIgn2ItXWuXGHq8FkB06hkuoVKQ21GU5_NCtxdUNCrOnFRqAlfchgHNiQuxbvppU_M8Xg_p-XvFa3yhAuNAKYvyaTje_i/s1600-h/Gov.+Murray.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIg_d4yGwWMxmzuX_Lrq3ON0egGBkwQ8efpYaLntncIgn2ItXWuXGHq8FkB06hkuoVKQ21GU5_NCtxdUNCrOnFRqAlfchgHNiQuxbvppU_M8Xg_p-XvFa3yhAuNAKYvyaTje_i/s400/Gov.+Murray.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076340142358865682" /></a><br /><strong>Visit the third best opinion blog in North Newcastle, Oklahoma</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://viewsok.com">ViewsOKdotCOM</a>Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-65378293349880437382007-05-04T11:40:00.000-07:002007-05-04T11:48:19.765-07:00Friend of Bromide Sherman Barnes writes...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGZzV9B3avs4Wc5Ctisr9QHciSjNkhyS-miYQUk62s9rwUSyrs0lK8QVxQ3RZdxDnirLcUyF-mtsEW6TE3rFHr6g19pSTojDa15ngh4KfeB1hzjodLf_zqqdjbmyfXDrKonZy/s1600-h/Hwy+7+Bromide.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGZzV9B3avs4Wc5Ctisr9QHciSjNkhyS-miYQUk62s9rwUSyrs0lK8QVxQ3RZdxDnirLcUyF-mtsEW6TE3rFHr6g19pSTojDa15ngh4KfeB1hzjodLf_zqqdjbmyfXDrKonZy/s400/Hwy+7+Bromide.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060779014735859314" /></a><br />Oh, really? Good gods, it's a small world, eh? ;]<br /><br />I would have been the tall skinny red haired kid with the .22 and the <br />big red dog that used to spend his summers up there at Eddy and <br />Tommy's between about 1968 and 1973, if you lived there then. [I'm 47 <br />now. It has been awhile.]<br /><br />I don't have any pictures, I'm afraid. I moved from Texas recently <br />and passed the family photo albumns to my Dad's cousin, Jo Autrey for <br />safe keeping - didn't want to take any chance of those bits of family <br />history getting lost while I was relocating.<br /><br />I don't have many notable annecdotes from that time. I started going <br />there to visit with my dad when I was eight, and later on, he'd put <br />me on the Continental Trailways by myself to ride up to Durant where <br />Eddy would pick me up in that old, black, pickup truck he had had <br />forever. Or my dad's sister would drive me and the dogs up when I was <br />able to take them. I mostly spent the summers until going back to <br />Dallas, anywhere from a few weeks to a couple of months at a time, <br />doing the usual kids stuff: wandering around the area with a .22 and <br />fishing rod and my dogs [rabbit and rattlesnake hunting mostly], or <br />hiking the several miles down to Delaware Creek to fish bass out of <br />the underhangs and camp overnight. Sometimes with my cousin from <br />Talequah, most often by myself.<br /><br />Mostly just good times... I used to love being out by myself as a kid <br />and prowling those hills behind the store and looking for the old <br />springs and stuff. And usually getting smacked on the nehind when I <br />got back because it was supposedly dangerous from all of the snakes <br />in those chalk hills... although I very seldom saw a rattler or <br />copperhead, and I looked real hard. ;) [You know how kids are]<br /><br />One thing that hits me is how times have changed: can you imagine a <br />9-10 year old being able to travel by himself on Trailways or <br />Greyhound with a .22 rifle and a .410 in a case today? Without having <br />everyone come completely unhinged? Back then, no one raised an eyebrow at it.<br /><br />I don't know if any of them are left there, as I lost track of a lot <br />of that part of the family in later years, but we used to have some <br />relatives in Bromide Junction up the road: mostly Greens and Speares <br />family. I seem to recall that that was where my adopted grandfather, <br />Granddad Winkler was living when he passed on in his late 80's/early <br />90's. My father was raised by the Winklers, and spent part of his <br />early life on the Gillespie ranch down on the Blue River.<br /><br />If I recall correctly, that was when there was still a bit of a town <br />left in Bromide: general store, gas station, post office, and <br />something else. Last time I visited was in 1984 before Eddy passed <br />on, and it seems that the only thing left was the general store. I <br />used to walk up to that store a few times a week with my .22 and buy <br />cokes from the big red coke cooler and .22 long rifle cartridges and <br />.410 shells at the counter as a kid. Don't know if there's anything <br />left of the town of Bromide, or in Bromide Junction now?<br /><br />According to Jo, one of our cousins on the Winkler side of the family <br />was Sheriff in Johnston County for some time... don't recall if I <br />ever met him. If we had, it would have been while we were very young <br />and I'm not remembering.<br /><br />It's very good to hear from you. And very interesting to find your website.<br /><br />If I get settled where I can take care of the family albums without <br />having to worry about them getting damaged or lost, I'll see if I <br />can't dig out some photos from there and scan them in to the computer <br />to send to you. We did have some of Tommy and Eddy, and of my dad with them.<br /><br />Thank you for writing me back,<br />- Sherman Barnes<br /><br /><br /><br />At 09:39 AM 5/4/2007, you wrote:<br />>It is great to hear from you. I knew the Councils our acres were <br />>just down the road from them across the road from the Scout camp. <br />>Send me a story about your summers triips to Bromide with dates and <br />>lot of names and pictures and I will post it on the site.<br />>I work part time for the State GOP, I am 70 and still have kin in Bromide<br />>----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherman Barnes" <s_barnes@hughes.net><br />>To: <opinionok@gmail.com><br />>Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 2:11 AM<br />>Subject: Bromide Oklahoma<br />><br />><br />>>Dear Mr. Martin,<br />>><br />>>I discovered your Bromide, Oklahoma page, "Bromides" while <br />>>attempting to do some research into the parts of Oklahoma where I <br />>>spent my summers growing up as a child and young teen. My father, <br />>>Jack T. Barnes was originally from Bromide, and I used to spend my <br />>>summers there with my great aunt and uncle. Long time ago, at this point.<br />>><br />>>I was curious on reading through your site, and thought I would <br />>>email to ask if you were acquainted with my uncle, Eddy Council and <br />>>his wife Tommy Council? They had a small ranch located just outside <br />>>of the main junction of Bromide for a large number of years until <br />>>my uncle's death in the late 80's/early 90's.<br />>><br />>>I hope this email isn't an imposition.<br />>><br />>>Thank you,<br />>>- Sherman Barnes<br />>>Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1163611956038322452006-11-15T09:24:00.000-08:002006-11-15T09:34:23.636-08:00OpinionOK Dot Com & OpinionsUS Dot ComThis is an online letters to editor dot com. OpinionOK is a superior medium to the print media Opinion pages in that the reader can post their opinion immediately. Topics encouraged are Oklahoma Politics and public interest. Feel free to post replies here or on Google Groups Opinion Oklahoma at bottom of site.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://opinionok.com">Go to OpinionOK Dot Com</a><br /><br />Our Opinions page for national issues<br /><br /><a href="http://opinionsus.com">Go to OpinionsUS Dot Com</a>Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1158557532636169792006-09-17T22:32:00.000-07:002006-09-17T22:40:15.316-07:00CVO Menu - America's Volcanic Past in Bromide OklahomaIt is noteworthy that Johnston county contains precambrian rock from the creation of Earth.<br />Quote from the linked article ...<br />Precambrian <br /><br />(Beginning of earth - 543 million years ago) <br />All geologic time before the beginning of the Paleozoic era. This includes about 90% of all geologic time and spans the time from the beginning of the earth, about 3.8 billion years ago, to 543 million years ago. Its name means "before Cambrian." The Precambrian is divided into the "Proterozoic" and the "Archean". <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Places/volcanic_past_oklahoma.html">CVO Menu - America's Volcanic Past - Oklahoma</a>: "Arbuckle Mountains <br /><br />Arbuckle Mountains:1 <br />Granite exposed in the Arbuckle Mountains in Johnston County is 1.4 billion years old. It is the oldest rock exposed between the southern Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains. The Arbuckle Mountains are an area of low to moderate hills in south-central Oklahoma. They contain a core of Precambrian granite and gneiss formed about 1,300 million years ago; in the western Arbuckles, Precambrian rocks are overlain by at least 5,000 feet of Cambrian rhyolites formed about 525 million years ago. Most of the Arbuckles consist of 15,000 feet of folded and faulted limestones, dolomites, sandstones, and shales deposited in shallow seas from Late Cambrian through Pennsylvanian time (515 - 290 million years ago). Folding and uplift of the mountains occurred during several mountain-building episodes in the Pennsylvanian Period. <br /><br /><br />What is the Precambrian? <br />What is Granite? <br />What is Gneiss? <br />What is Rhyolite? <br /><br /><br />MORE Arbuckle Mountains:1 <br />The Arbuckle Mountains are an area of low to moderate hills in south-central Oklahoma. They contain a core of Precambrian granite and gneiss formed about 1,300 million years ago; in the western Arbuckles, Precambrian rocks are overlain by at least 5,000 feet of Cambrian rhyolites formed about 525 million years ago. Most of the Arbuckles consist of 15,000 feet of folded and faulted limestones, dolomites, sandstones, and shales deposited in shallow seas from Late Cambrian through Pennsylvanian time (515-290 million years ago). Folding and uplift of the mountains occurred during several mountain-building episodes in the Pennsylvanian Period. The complex mountain area probably was never more than several thousand feet above the surrounding plains and s"Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1156730161297014752006-08-27T18:56:00.000-07:002006-08-27T19:02:55.413-07:00Save Lake Atoka<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/1600/Lake_Atoka_Forest092305I-600x400.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/400/Lake_Atoka_Forest092305I-600x400.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.indiannationsaudubon.org/">Indian Nations Audubon</a>: "Save Lake Atoka<br />Permanently stop the logging of the Lake Atoka Forest. Establish a park & habitat preserve!<br />Limit the City of Oklahoma City's opltions.Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1148012752846437192006-05-18T21:25:00.000-07:002006-05-18T21:25:52.890-07:00Oklahoma: Falls Locations in Oklahoma<a href="http://www.lat-long.com/Oklahoma/Falls.html">Oklahoma: Falls Locations in Oklahoma</a>3 of these falls are in Johnston County.Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1145043836150401262006-04-14T12:43:00.000-07:002006-04-14T13:02:07.673-07:00Vallie Eaves, Major League Pitcher from Connerville<a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/OK_born.shtml"><br />Players Born in Oklahoma - Baseball-Reference.com</a>: "A total of 220 players were born in Oklahoma <br />Batters Born in Oklahoma <br />BELOW: Pitching Register / Manager Register"<br />Vallie Eaves was from Connerville, Oklahoma and married my dad's cousin and I met him a few times. I see my Eaves cousins from time to time. They own resturants in the metro area. His decendants are prominate in central Oklahoma Little League and School Baseball. In an interesting game a few hears ago my grandson played againest one of the Eaves. They were both pitchers. The Eaves won that game and I am sure his great grandfather Vallie Eaves is proud. Vallie's record is published on the link above along with all 220 players from Oklahoma so farJimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1144540472087588892006-04-08T16:54:00.000-07:002006-04-08T17:15:16.740-07:00Boggy Depot Townsite - Atoka, Oklahoma - brought to you by LASR - Leisure And Sport Review<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/1600/Wright.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/400/Wright.jpg" border="0" alt="" />Chief Allen Wright</a><br /><a href="http://www.lasr.net/pages/city.php?City_ID=OK0501003&VA=Y&Attraction_ID=OK0501003a005">Boggy Depot Townsite - Atoka, Oklahoma - Leisure And Sport Review</a>: .<br><br /><strong>Oklahoma named by Bromide/Atoka area local resident..</strong><br />"Chief Allen Wright, principal chief of the Choctaw Nation, suggested the word 'Oklahoma' (meaning 'Red People') in 1866 as the name for the proposed Indian Territory. In 1907 the word was made the official state name. The Townsite and adjoining Cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and on Oklahoma's list of Oldest Historical Places.".<br /><br><strong>Battle of Boggy Creek 1864</strong><br /><br /><br />Union Official Records Report of the Battle (O.R. SERIES I VOLUME XXII/2 S# 33)<br /><br />Early in 1864 approximately 1,500 Union soldiers under Colonel William A. Phillips set out on an expedition to cut a swath through Confederate Indian Territory from the Arkansas River to the Red River.<br /><br />The Purpose was to bring the area under Union control and to offer the amnesty terms provided in President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of the previous December. Colonel Phillips wanted not only to sever Confederate treaties with the tribes, but also to gain recruits from the Indians. Before departing Fort Gibson, Colonel Phillips told his men, "Soldiers! I take you with me to clean out the Indian Nation south of the river and drive away and destroy rebels. Let me say a few words to you that you are not to forget .... Those who are still in arms are rebels, who ought to die. Do not kill a prisoner after he has surrendered. But I do not ask you to take prisoners. I ask you to make your footsteps severe and terrible. Muskogees! (Creeks) the time has now come when you are to remember the authors of all your sufferings; those who started a needless and wicked war .... Stand by me faithfully and we will soon have peace ...."<br /><br />On February 9 the Union troops reached the Boggy Depot area, where Colonel Phillips camped to wait for a large part of the 14th Kansas Cavalry under Colonel Thomas Moonlight to arrive from Fort Smith.<br /><br />While waiting, Colonel Phillips sent an advance of about 350 men under Major Charles Willets to a known Boggy Depot outpost on Middle Boggy River (now known as Muddy Boggy). This force consisted of three troops of the 14th Kansas Cavalry and one section (two guns) of howitzers commanded by Captain Soloman Kaufman.<br /><br />The Confederate forces at Middle Boggy may have numbered as many as 90 men and no artillery. They were composed of Captain Nail's Company "A" of the First Choctaw and Chickasaw Cavalry, a detachment of the 20th Texas Cavalry, and a part of Lieutenant Colonel John Jumper's Seminole Battalion of Mounted Rifles.<br /><br />The Confederate forces were completely surprised when Major Willets first shelled and then attacked them. The Confederates fought desperately for approximately thirty minutes before scattering into the surrounding woods, dashing for the safety of Colonel Jumper and the remainder of his Seminole Battalion who were camped at Boggy Depot.<br /><br />Colonel Jumper and his troops had heard the howitzers firing and had begun to ride toward the encampment when they met Captain Nail and the survivors of the battle.<br /><br />By the time Colonel Jumper's regiment and the survivors arrived at the battlefield, Major Willets had occupied Middle Boggy, learned of the approaching Seminoles, and retreated to Colonel Phillip's camp.<br /><br />However, Major Willets, following the directives he had been given, had taken no prisoners. The bodies of the wounded that Captain Nail had left behind were discovered on the ground with their throats cut.<br /><br />Major Willets reported no Union casualties. The Confederate dead numbered forty-seven. They were buried near the battlefield.<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/1600/Middle%20Boggy%20Depot%20Battle.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/400/Middle%20Boggy%20Depot%20Battle.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br><strong>Blogmasters note...</strong><br /><br />The Boggy Depot State Park near Atoka in southeastern Oklahoma, is popular among travelers for its pleasant surrounding, recreational facilities and its significance as a major historical site.<br /><br />Adjoining the area is the old cemetery maintained by the Oklahoma Tourism Department with graves of Chief Allen Wright and Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury, along with many Confederate troops and other Indian leaders.Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1144536979451254682006-04-08T15:56:00.000-07:002006-04-08T16:04:16.283-07:00Camp Simpson Hiistory<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/1600/CampSimpSign.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/400/CampSimpSign.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.arbucklebsa.org/CampHistory.html">Camp Simpson History</a>Across the road from William Martin farm/ranch. The Blogmaster grew up there. <br>The late Rev. Harry Miller from Ada, OK, Scout Executive of the former Pontotoc Council, began Camp Simpson in the early 1930's as a small 120-acre camp on the present site. The Delaware Indians had been relocated there when Oklahoma was "Indian Territory". The creek that ran through the camp was named Delaware Creek, after the Delaware Indians who had previously occupied the site.<br />.Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1144457286390461552006-04-07T17:48:00.000-07:002006-04-07T18:09:39.226-07:00Bromide Oklahoma was one of the first Ranch Rodeos<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/1600/lamour-head.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/400/lamour-head.jpg" border="0" alt="" />"I think of myself in the oral tradition - as a troubadour, a village tale-teller, the man in the shadows of the campfire.<br />That's the way I'd like to be remembered - as a storyteller. A good storyteller."<br />~ Louis L'Amour</a><br /><br>Lamour popularized am romaticized the cowboy in our literature. He received his early encouragement from his membership in the Oklahoma Poetry Society. His first works were poems published by the Society. The blogmaster is a member of the society.<br><br /><a href="http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us/enc/ranchrodeo.htm">RANCH RODEOS</a>: <br />"Willard Porter, 'One of Oklahoma's Pioneer-Days Steer Ropings Occurred at Bromide in 1913,'"Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1141704048304078102006-03-06T20:00:00.000-08:002006-03-06T20:00:48.320-08:00Wapanucka Press, Johnston Co.1902<a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eokbits/wapanucka.html">Wapanucka Press, Johnston Co.</a>: "Johnston Co.: Wapanucka <br />Wapanucka Press <br />January 1902 <br />Arch K MCGILL, Editor<br />Os. M STEVENS, Manage "<br /><br /></em>Blogmasters note: Micro film of the Wapanucka newspaer and also the Bromide Gazette (1907-13?) are available at the Oklahoma Historical Society. jdm2006/03/06</em>Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1141702967851208862006-03-06T19:42:00.000-08:002006-03-06T20:15:18.030-08:00Wapanucka Academy at Bromide, Oklahoma<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/1600/Wapanucka.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/400/Wapanucka.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.lindasloveables.com/wapanucka_academy.htm">Wapanucka Academy</a>: "Wapanucka Academy, Chickasaw Nation"<br />The picturesque location of Wapanucka Academy was always an inspiration to those connected with that early day school among the Chickasaws. Its site is on the north side of a high ridge on the upper course of Delaware Creek, about five miles northwest of the town of Wapanucka, in Johnston County. Abandoned and falling in ruins, the limestone building, now gray with age, is like a forgotten manor house in the midst of a vast part, uncared for, yet beautiful in its natural setting. One is impressed with a feeling here is romance that hints of Old England when, standing at a deep set, open casement of this gray walled ruin, he views for the first time the sweeping panorama of the countryside before him. Immediately below at the foot of the ridge to the north are woods marking the course of Delaware Creek hidden in deep shadows. Just beyond to the west, hills sparsely covered with grass round up, snowy with limestone and dotted here and there with clumps of greenery. To the northeast, rolling prairies extend to the hazy blue of hills far away in the distance. Leaving the building for a vantage point on top of the ridge, one looks down to the west into a lovely valley, a continuation of what is now Wells Valley bordered by high wooded hills. It was these scenes that inspired the following letter by Cicero A. Skeen, Superintendent of Wapanucka Institute, dated may 27, 1890. The letter was printed in his former home newspaper, in Randolph County, North Carolina, and is presented for the permanent record of the State of Oklahoma, in connection with this historical sketch of one of the first boarding schools among the Chickasaws in the Indian Territory<em>Click link above to read letter</em>jdm2006/03/06Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1141702793918196112006-03-06T19:39:00.000-08:002006-03-06T19:39:53.930-08:00Bromide in the National Register of Historical Places - OKLAHOMA (OK), Johnston County<a href="http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/OK/Johnston/state.html"><br /><br />National Register of Historical Places - <br />OKLAHOMA (OK), Johnston County</a>: <br />"Wapanucka Academy Site ** (added 1972 - Site - #72001065) <br />Also known as Wapanucka Institute <br />Address Restricted, Bromide <br />Historic Significance: Information Potential <br />Area of Significance: Religion, Education, Historic - Aboriginal <br />Cultural Affiliation: Chickasaw <br />Period of Significance: 1850-1874 <br />Owner: Private <br />Historic Function: Religion <br />Historic Sub-function: Church School <br />Current Function: Agriculture/Subsistence <br />Current Sub-function: Agricultural Fields "Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1141701967329478112006-03-06T19:26:00.000-08:002006-03-06T20:18:53.093-08:00Google Local Bromide Oklahoma Satellite<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.417909,-96.494569&spn=0.11,0.18&t=h">Google Local</a><br /><br /><strong>A satellite shot of Bromide Oklahoma. </strong>Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1141701830510425582006-03-06T19:23:00.000-08:002006-03-06T19:23:50.510-08:00KTEN TV-Tower Bromide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTEN_TV-Tower_Bromide">KTEN TV-Tower Bromide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>:<br /><br /> "KTEN TV-Tower Bromide is a 480.5 metre high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission ofFM radio and television programs in Bromide, Oklahoma, USA (Geographical coordinates: 34�21'34' N and 96�33'35' W). KTEN TV-Tower Bromide was built in 1984"Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1141701594568433682006-03-06T19:19:00.000-08:002006-03-06T19:19:54.603-08:00Bromide, Oklahoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromide%2C_Oklahoma">Bromide, Oklahoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1141554991039084322006-03-05T02:36:00.000-08:002006-03-05T02:36:33.793-08:00<a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~okjohnst/Wells_Valley.html"></a>: "Johnston County, OK an OKGenWeb Project<br />OkGenWeb | Cemeteries | Census | Discussion List | Resources |Families | Surnames | Chat with CC's every Sat. @ 9pmCST | Vitals<br />History | Photos | Books & Newspapers | Home<br /><br /><br />Wells Valley Cemetery, Johnston County, Oklahoma<br />It is located about 3 miles southeast of Bromide . It is located in the country on a dead<br />end road. Its north of highway 48. Many of the Bromide people were buried there<br />years ago. Not so many now. Most people are now buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery<br />north of Wapanucka,Oklahoma. "Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1141428574054086162006-03-03T15:29:00.000-08:002006-03-03T15:29:34.090-08:00Wells Valley Cemetary, Bromide Oklahoma<a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~okjohnst/Wells_Valley.html"></a>: "Wells Valley Cemetery, Johnston County, Oklahoma<br />It is located about 3 miles southeast of Bromide . It is located in the country on a dead<br />end road. Its north of highway 48. Many of the Bromide people were buried there<br />years ago. Not so many now. Most people are now buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery<br />north of Wapanucka,Oklahoma."Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1139279648792167892006-02-06T18:10:00.000-08:002006-02-09T18:55:17.333-08:00The Witch Hole West of Bromide<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/1600/IT.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/400/IT.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />An early scouting party prior to removal of the Chickasaws to Indian Territory camped pool on the bank of Delaware Creek near the present entrance to Camp Simpson. The Witch Hole as it came to be called was formed by water pouring over a cliff and carving out an almost perfectly round pool about the size of half a basketball court. A tribeswoman who was the cook and camp keeper was left at the site while the party surveyed the area. When the party returned from their trip they found buckets by the side of the pool and the woman was missing. The Witch Doctor went into a trance and dived into the pool. He reported going far down into a cave where he found the womans body and was attacked by giant fish have 8 tenacles and a beak. He killed the creature but was mortally wounded in the struggle. He brought the womans body back up and her appendages were all eaten off. Their bodies were buried on the side of the pool. On dark moonless nights people have reported an apparition of a woman in native garb with no fingers, toes, nose and ears walking on the surface of the pool. It is know to this day as the "Witch Hole" and has been the site of numerous drownings (one of which the Blogmaster was witness to), This story comes from a paper delivered in writing class at Bromide High School by Mevlyn Wisdom (now Kirkpatrick).<br />Scuba gear was brought to the Boy Scout Camp in the 50's and the Blogmaster was present as the divers reported a cave system at a depth of over a hundred feet. They brought up man metal artifacts from the caves from past accidents including wagon wheels, brass items and pottery. Jim Martin, the Blogmasters family farm was a few hundred feet South on the Delaware and many nights were spent camping and fishing with the ghosts of the Witch hole. jdm2006<br /><br />Quote from ThisNThat Newsletter<br />Here is a pic of Witch's Hole. Local legend has it that it was an abandon mine of some kind many many years ago, and the shaft down to the mine is where Witch's Hole is located. People say Witch's Hole is over 200 feet deep. And it is full of big bass too, mostly leftovers from the nearby U.S. Fish Hatchery over at Reagan, Oklahoma. They throw into the creek any extra fish they have, and it sure makes the creek that runs through Camp Simpson a fisherman's heaven for those Boy Scouts.<br />http://members.nbci.com/_Xoom/OklahomaPast/photos/simpson7.jpgJimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1126672441754075412005-10-28T21:31:00.000-07:002005-12-16T20:17:28.506-08:00Bromide Oklahoma<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/1600/Bromide%20water%20works%20early%201900%27s3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/400/Bromide%20water%20works%20early%201900%27s1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /> <br /><br /> Nestled amongst the foothills of the Arbuckles Mountains, north of the Delaware and east of the Blue, in southern Oklahoma, lies the little town of Bromide. Amid the storybook landscape surpassed by none others, there is an interesting and captivating history. In the eastern quadrant of the Chickasaw Nation, this little burg is quite a remarkable place.<br /><br />It was once famous for its mineral springs, of which there are many. Called Oka-Alichi (Medicine Water) or Hopi Kuli(Salt Springs) by the Chickasaws, thousands once came to these healing waters in the search of cures or improvements to the illnesses such as rheumatism, diseases of the stomach, kidney and bladder aliments, nerve troubles, and skin problems, and often found just that.<br /><br />The springs carried the Indian names until Judge W.H. Jackson, the founder of Bromide, realized that this was a perfect place for a health resort. He established a town site, and the first post office as Juanita, named after one of Jackson's daughters, on October 20, 1905. A few months later, in 1906, the name was changed to another on of the judge's daughters; this time it was Zenobia. On June 8th, a year later its name was changed, once a for all to Bromide ( the name was taken from the minerals of the springs).<br /><br />The Jackson Land Co. was formed and city lots were sold. Soon the soo-to-be town was a tent city of people who had yet to build their house.<br /><br />Robert Galbreath, a wealthy Tulsa business man, was attracted to Bromide because of the possible fortune that could be made in the oolitic stone of the surrounding hills. Most of the buildings on Main Street were built with this stone, as well as the Chickasaw and Robinson Academies.<br /><br />Soon Bromide would be a prospering health resort. It had two dry good stores, a livery stable, a hardware store, two theaters, a rock quarry, a lime kiln, and a newspaper office.<br /><br />Only two problems stood in the way of this expected prosperity-- first, a lack of accommodations for quests; second, a lack of railway facilities.<br /><br />Both of these difficulties were removed when a spur of the M.O. and G. Railroad was built to Bromide, and when Mr. Galbreath built a modern hotel in 1911.<br /><br />The hotel was a huge, towering three-story building of native limestone. The Bromide State Bank occupied one corner of this elaborately furnished hotel, which contained a barber shop, beauty parlor, restaurant, and a gift shop.<br /><br />The nearest rival was the Mosely Hotel, while the two remaining hotels were the Main Street Hotel, and the Bromide Hotel.<br /><br />In 1912, B. F. Kinsey with local help, built a magnificent stone business building. The top floor was occupied by a fraternal organization and three doctors offices. The Kinsey family owned and operated a General Mercantile, on the bottom floor, until the 1950's. The local gathering place, the Chanell(sic) Drug, was owned and operated by Henry T. and Gladys (Lady) Channel. Together they had built a beautiful oolitic building. Loved by all in the community, Mr. Channell was the local pharmacist, filled out prescriptions for Bromide and Wapanucka doctors, while Mrs. Channell took care of the area's notary needs. They always kept the drugstore open until all the customers left, no matter how late.<br /><br />Some of the other early merchants were the Waltons Dry Goods, Austin Grocery, The People store, owned and operated by Frank McCartney and Will Scenyer. Through the years, other grocery stores were, as follows: Mays, Butlers, Whites, Pardue, Phelps, Parker, Muncrief and Chester, and Collins and Dewberrys.<br /><br />F. C. Woodworth owned a hardware store, and W.O. built a flour mill, and owned two cotton gins with Fred Barnett.<br /><br />The Galbreath Quarries were located a mile and a half east of town, on the Bromide branch of the railroad, just north of the old Chickasaw Academy, on the location known as the "Narrows on Delaware".<br /><br />Located a half mile northwest of the town, the rock crusher, later Dolese Brothers, stayed in operation up to about a decade ago.<br /><br />The M. O. and G. Railroad had a passenger service, an excursion train which came into town two times a week bringing tourists to drink and bathe in the healing "Oka-Alichi". <br /><br />In its earlier days, Bromide was fortunate to have had a total of six doctors, Dr. Germany, Dr, Funk, Dr. Hicks, Dr. Ashley, Dr. McRae, and Dr. Martin.<br /><br />Surrounding the town are several cemeteries, four of which are family cemeteries, one public cemetery, and another unmarked cemetery. Judge Jackson's family cemetery lies to the north, south of town is the Wells Valley Cemetery, still in use today; southwest of Bromide is the Spring Blood Cemetery; and one mile west are the unmarked Indian graves.<br /><br />On the road west from Bromide to Connerville is the Cravatt cemetery; just east of Bromide lies two family cemeteries and one unmarked one; high on a ridge to the east is the old Mosely Cemetery, and somewhere near is the other unmarked group of graves.<br /><br />The town was once home to three churches, the First Presbyterian, the First Missionary Baptist Church, and South Side Missionary Baptist Church.<br /><br />Bromide, at one time had a wide variety of family entertainment. The traveling Chautauqua offered a blend of culture and entertainment, and held the only opportunity, for outside entertainment.<br /><br />Other forms of entertainment were traveling Medicine and Magic Shows, local goat roping contests, and, in the summertime, three-day picnics.<br /><br />Bromide, now without all the former fame and glory, is a close-knit, peaceful little community. Neighbors help neighbors, and children have the freedom to play anywhere in town without worry. Every one in Bromide is proud of their small town, and appreciate its remarkable history. <br /> Author Unknown <br /> Contributed by Irene Anglin <br /><br /><br /><br />Jimmie Dale Martin was born April 10, 1937 near Bromide to William LaVerne Martin and Pauline Savana Costner Martin. Grandfather John Martin and family had crossed the Red River settling near Pontotoc, Oklahoma in 1900 when William was just a babe.<br />William Martin died on New Year's Eve December 31, 1955. Jim was a Senior at Bromide High School. Pauline moved the family to Madill to be closer to her work. The class of 56 honored Jim by showing him as a graduating Senior in the Yearbook. Pauline remarried and passed away in 2003. Billie Martin Williams is a Realtor in OKC. Sammy Joel Martin designs and sells emergency vehicles ou of Harrah, Ok. Jim works part time at Wal Mart and builds web sites for local shops. William and Pauline have a total of 47 decendant and in laws who all live in central Oklahoma. This New Years Eve is the 50th anniversary of William Laverne "Freck" Martin's passing thru eternity's opening door.Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1127612568633220132005-09-26T18:15:00.000-07:002005-11-11T17:53:25.486-08:00My beloved Bromide...I'll be seeing you... ...click player above<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/1600/57chevy.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/320/57chevy.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/1600/falls3b2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="191" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5181/303/400/falls3b2.jpg" width="238" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;color:#fdfeae;"><b>,Click player above... </b></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;color:#fdfeae;"></span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.smickandsmodoo.com/1957/younglove.htm"></span></strong><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;color:#fdfeae;"></span></strong><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></a></div><a href="http://www.smickandsmodoo.com/1957/younglove.htm"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;color:#fdfeae;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:100%;color:#fdfeae;"><b></b></span><a href="http://www.smickandsmodoo.com/">http://www.smickandsmodoo.com/</a> <div><br />Click Player above to play...and be sure to visit Smick and Smodoo for more midi selections and more!<br />But please come back!<br /><br />Words... to I'll be seeing you...<br />I'll be seeing youIn all the old familiar places</div><div>That this heart of mine embraces</div><div>All day through</div><div>In that small cafe'</div><div>The park across the way</div><div>The children's carousel</div><div>The chestnut trees, the wishing wel</div><div>lI'll be seeing you</div><div>In every lovely summer's day</div><div>In everything that's light and gay</div><div>I'll always think of you that way</div><div>I'll find you in the mornin' sun</div><div>And when the night is new</div><div>I'll be looking at the moon</div><div>But I'll be seeing you</div><div>I'll be seeing you</div><div>In all the old familiar places</div><div>That this heart of mine embraces</div><div>All day through</div><div>I'll find you in the mornin' sun</div><div>And when the night is new</div><div>I'll be looking at the moon</div><div>But I'll be seeing you</div><div>... ... ... </div><div><span style="font-size:68%;">Blogmaster adds words below...</span></div><div>And when this life is through</div><div>Together for all time</div><div>hand in hand </div><div>we'll walk on thru the promised land</div><div>Love has brought it's promise</div><div>as day after day</div><div>I'll be seeing you </div><div> you'll be seeing me!</div><div><br /><br /><u><span style="color:#0000ff;"><a href="http://www.smickandsmodoo.com/1957/1957.shtml">http://www.smickandsmodoo.com/1957/1957.shtml</a></span></u><br /><u><span style="color:#0000ff;"></span></u><span style="font-size:180%;">1957 </span><span style="font-size:85%;">click above to go there! Please come back!<br /><br /><u><span style="color:#0000ff;">Saturday Morning serials - Chapters One thru fifteenFly Paper, Penny Loafers, and Lucky Strike GreenFlat Tops, sock hops, Studebaker, "Pepsi, please"...Ah, do you remember these?Cigar Bands on your hands - Your Daddy's socks rolled down...Sticks, no plugs and Aviator caps, with flaps that button downMovie stars on Dixie Cup tops and knickers to your knees...Ah, do you remember these?The hit Parade, Grape Truaide, The Sadie Hawkins Dance....Peddle Pushers, Duck Tail hair, and Peggin' your pants...Howdy Doody...Tootie fruitie...The seam up the back of her hose.....Ah, do you remember those?James Dean, he was "Keen", Sunday Movies were Taboo....The senior Prom, Judy's Mom, Rock 'n Roll was New...Cracker Jack Prize...stars in your eyes..."Ask Daddy for the Keys"...Ah, do you remember these?The Boogie Man, Lemonade stand and taking your Tonsils out...Indian Burn and Wait Your Turn and four foul Balls...You're Out!Cigarette Loads and Secret Codes and saving Lucky StarsCan you remember back that far?To Boat Neck shirts and fender skirts and Crinoline Petticoats...Mums the Word and Dirty Bird and Double Root Beer float...Moon hubcaps and Loud heel Taps and "he's a Real Gone Cat"Ah, do you remember that?Dancing Close, Little Moron Jokes and "Cooties" in her hair...Captain Midnight, Ovaltine, and The Whip at the County fairCharles Atlas Course, Roy Rogers horse, and "Only the Shadow Knows"...Ah, do you remember those?Gables Charms, "froggin" your arm, Loud Mufflers, Pitching Woo...Going steady, Veronica and Betty, White Bucks and Blue Suede ShoesKnock, Knock Jokes.........Who's There?DeweyDewey Who?Dewey......Remember These.........Yes we do!Oh Do We?.....Do We Remember These!!! "Do You Remember These"The Statler Brothers(Written by: D. Reid - H. Reid - L. Lee) Midi Sequenced and Performed bySal Grippaldi </span></u><br /></div></span><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.smickandsmodoo.com/1957/younglove.htm"></a></div></span><a href="http://smickandsmodoo.com/lyrics/easyforget.htm"></a>Jimmie Dale Martin, Blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173867166827240637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10470476.post-1126996154449794592005-09-17T15:29:00.000-07:002005-10-02T17:06:21.956-07:00eBay Store - Records and Rose Rocks by bromide99:<!-- Begin Official PayPal Seal --><a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/verified/pal=jdmartin%40pldi%2enet" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/icon/verification_seal.gif" border="0" alt="Official PayPal Seal"></A><!-- End Official PayPal Seal --><a href="http://stores.ebay.com/Records-and-Rose-Rocks-by-bromide99_W0QQsspagenameZADMEQ3aLQ3astoreconfirmaQ3aUSQ3a10001QQtZkm">eBay Store - Records and Rose Rocks by bromide99:</a>: "We are selling off a collection of over 3500 albums from the 30's and 40's. 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