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The Woody Williamson Memorial Concert held recently was a great success! The Williamsons and their specials guests, The Erwins provided some great gospel music from the good old days to brand new gospel recordings. Pictured at the concert are (left to right) Donnie Williamson, Tennie Williamson Polson, Lisa Williamson, Sadie Williamson, Olivia Williamson, Bo Chesser and Darin Hebert.
Read moreThe Town of Clearview Trustees met this week. Plans were discussed for future annexation, reorganization of the Oklahoma Black Town Mayors Conference, Old School Gym structural problems, Founder’s Day, street and road improvements, and grant possibilities. A represented from the Wes Watkins Technology Center in Wetumka will attend all town meeting and will assist in any projects the town my have. Guest from Wes Watkins this month was Burt Robinson. Anyone is welcome to attend the meetings. Next scheduled meeting is August 9 at 5 p.m. Please continue your prayers for those on the sick list Joyce Barrett, Sharon Johnson Patton, L. C. Carson, Marjorie Plunkett, Kurrilue Johnson, Billy Walker, Cornell Lucas, Eugene” Cowboy” Tyler, and Jean Chatman. Kevin Sinnett, our neighbor to the south is now cancer free but continue to pray for continued good health.
Read moreJimmie Richard of Oklahoma City is retired and is now twisting copper wire into trees. When he was a child, he would twist wire to make his toys. Now, he harvests copper wire from discarded electronic equipment to create trees into various shapes and sizes with or without decorations. His son looked at his work one day and said he was “Dr. Coppertree.” You can find Jimmie’s work at jimrichardoriginals. com. Jimmie attended school at Clearview and Weleetka.
Read morePlains Indians named the African American cavalry stationed on the Great Plains after the Civil War the “Buffalo Soldiers,” which eventually referred to both the black cavalry and infantry in the West. Following the Civil War, in 1866 Congress authorized six regiments of the regular U.S. Army to be staffed by blacks two cavalry and four infantry. By 1869, in an overall troop reduction, Congress cut the number of black infantry units to two, and potential black soldiers enlisted in either the Ninth or Tenth Cavalry or the Twenty-fourth or Twenty-fifth Infantry. During the latter nineteenth century these black regiments represented 10 percent of the army’s effective strength, and in many western commands black soldiers made up more than one-half the available military force. Although their contributions were significant, their varied experiences were always tempered because they were black soldiers in “white” and “red” territory. The Buffalo Soldiers played a vital role in Oklahoma and Indian Territory as well as in other regions of the West. Both the Ninth and the Tenth cavalries and the Twenty-fourth Infantry served in Indian Territory during the latter nineteenth century.
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