must be pointed out:
Moving north across the Red River, Okies are an
interesting example of what happens when you point fifty thousand people
of varying backgrounds in the direction of two million acres of land
and say “if you live on it, it’s yours.” Oklahoma has been the site of some of the worst droughts in American history, and Okie culture brings with it a healthy conviction that one can live through goddamn anything.
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Hi Firehand,
That part about Okies can live thru anything....sayz it all!!
skybill-out
Heck, there for a while, if you were living on the river, you might go to sleep in Texas and wake up in Oklahoma. The boundary was rather fluid, meaning that the river might change course.
I think it's settled down a little bit lately.
Check out the book "The Worst Hard Time" for life in the Texas panhandle and Oklahoma during the dust bowl years. Unbelievable.
-Jim in Texas
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