Comments on: The Centennial Project

The Centennial Project

Ufez Jones — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:00:09 -0800

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]

By: dw

dw — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:11:12 -0800

Okies reprazent. Explaining Land Rush Day to people who didn't grow up in Oklahoma is always a challenge.

By: Brittanie

Brittanie — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:14:22 -0800

Shoot, I wasn't expecting this. Next update will be posted Friday, July 13.

By: bristolcat

bristolcat — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:27:12 -0800

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!

By: ormondsacker

ormondsacker — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:03:22 -0800

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.

By: amyms

amyms — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:46:52 -0800

Very interesting, Brittanie. I love personal histories. Looking forward to more updates.

By: dw

dw — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:38:44 -0800

We seem to be reprazenting rather a lot recently We have been?

By: languagehat

languagehat — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:24:25 -0800

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

By: ormondsacker

ormondsacker — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:30:41 -0800

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?

By: dw

dw — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:06:57 -0800

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.

By: ormondsacker

ormondsacker — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:13:23 -0800

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!