Barnes and Noble

On March 15, 2008, Barnes and Noble at Zona Rosa in North Kansas City hosted a signing of The Late Sooner and Cup of Comfort Book of Prayer which I have a piece in.

Tulsa Book Club

This past week Sally spoke to a book club in Tulsa where they enjoyed a delicious meal of pot roast, corn bread and dessert in a lovely home. As you can see, several dressed in 1889 attire.

First Families of the Twin Territories

August 4th the Historical Museum hosted a celebration of the First Families of the Twin Territories in Oklahoma City.

These are the winners of the costume contest.

Book Club

Sally visited with a book club in Oklahoma City recently. The hostess served ham and beans with cornbread, apple pie and ice cream . . . and of course, turnips.

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Coming Appearances

APPEARANCES
Sally will be signing books in Oklahoma City at the Full Circle Bookstore on Friday, August 3rd from 5-7 pm.
She will be an exhibitor at the Historical Museum Saturday, August 4th, just east of the capitol building for the celebration of the First Families of the Twin Territories.
Come meet the author of “The Late Sooner.”
Cox Network will air an interview with Sally about “The Late Sooner” September 10th through the 15th.

The Twin Territories

Before Oklahoma was a state, it was two separate territories. The east was Indian Territory and the west was settled mostly by whites. In 1907 they finally hammered out the agreement to become one state--Oklahoma.

The symbol of this "marriage" was an Indian maid and a farmer standing in a marriage ceremony, forming a single state. Outside the Territorial Museum in Guthrie, is a life-sized bronze statue of these two shown at the right.

Medicines in the 1800s

Laudanum was a common use for a wide variety of pains, both real and imagined. This derivative of opium was often used for illness, particularly for any form of diarrhea. Even though it made the patient more corfortable, physicians did not recognize its addictive characteristics. One could order 4 oz. of Laudanum out of the 1897 Sears & Roebuck catalogue for $.29 or a dozen bottles for $3.00.

German Measles

When Lucy was four months pregnant, she contracted German Measles. This can result in growth retardation, cataracts, rashes, deafness, and congenital heart and organ defects. In today's society, abortion would have been an expected "cure." The connection between German Measles and birth defects were not discovered until 1941. If little Nora had been aborted, thirty-seven people would not be alive today and seventeen mates would have different spouses.

Pastors in Early Oklahoma

When settlers wanted to get married, pastors were few and far between. In Sanford's case, he speaks in his diary of calling a "presiding elder" to perform the wedding serivce. The presiding elder was an elder in the Methodist church who oversaw churches in a certain district. This term continued until 1939 when three Methodist denominations joined and the title became "district superintendent."