The Centennial Project
July 9, 2007 10:00 PM   Subscribe

The Centennial Project. During the 100th Anniversary of Oklahoma's statehood, MeFi'er Brittanie is serializing two personal first-person accounts of her family's journey into the Sooner State, including both her great-great-grandfather's efforts to make the 1891 Land Run and another relative's meticulous biographical history which extends as far back as the Civil War. [via mefi projects]
posted by Ufez Jones (10 comments total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
Okies reprazent. Explaining Land Rush Day to people who didn't grow up in Oklahoma is always a challenge.
posted by dw at 11:11 PM on July 9, 2007


Shoot, I wasn't expecting this. Next update will be posted Friday, July 13.
posted by Brittanie at 11:14 PM on July 9, 2007


I read the first entry and really enjoyed it, Brittanie. Good on you for keeping your family history alive! I hope to do a similar thing someday with my grandparent's letters.

I thought Brittanie's explanation of Land Rush Day was fairly clear. I had never heard of it before but I think I understand the sense of historical and ancestral pride it celebrates. Also, I wish my school had had days and events like that. I want to build a covered wagon out of a Radio Flyer!
posted by bristolcat at 7:27 AM on July 10, 2007


Okies reprazent.

We seem to be reprazenting rather a lot recently, but, nevertheless, woo.

Looks good so far, Brittanie - I'm looking forward to following this.
posted by ormondsacker at 9:03 AM on July 10, 2007


Very interesting, Brittanie. I love personal histories. Looking forward to more updates.
posted by amyms at 9:46 AM on July 10, 2007


We seem to be reprazenting rather a lot recently

We have been?
posted by dw at 2:38 PM on July 10, 2007


Wonderful. I remember listening to my grandfather talk about traversing what was then Indian Territory in a wagon in (I think) the 1890s.

/Okie-Arkie
posted by languagehat at 3:24 PM on July 10, 2007


We have been?
Word up. Apologies if I came off snarky though, dw - it may be the confirmation bias talking, but I've been slightly startled by the number of callouts the old home state has gotten in both blue and green over the last few months. Does Manitoba get this kind of love?
posted by ormondsacker at 5:30 PM on July 10, 2007


No worries, ormondsacker. Just hadn't noticed a lot of Okieness on here, even if I did post about the car a few weeks ago.

And maybe, being from Tulsa, there's some anti-OKC bias in there.

I should mention that if you're a joiner and you had family in what's now Oklahoma before Nov. 16, 1907, you can get membership in the First Families of the Twin Territories.
posted by dw at 10:06 AM on July 11, 2007


Sure, sure. I grew up Sequoyah-side, I know how it is ya wealth-addled "Oooh look at our mhusehum of aht, we're prahctically Seattle" culterati wanna-bes. OKC rulz!
posted by ormondsacker at 8:13 PM on July 11, 2007


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