Monthly Archives: August 2011

TOUGH TIMES

Dear Kinfolk, “Tough times don’t last, tough people do.”  An old expression that best describes the pioneers of western Oklahoma, like our grandparents William Henry, Tommie Lee Anderson and their children.  In Black Bill’s pocket calendar there is a daily diary … Continue reading

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Chasing the Moonshiners

Dear Kinfolk, As a Deputy Sheriff in Strong City, OK.,  Black Bill was kept busy chasing the moonshiners.  An interesting story that Deputy Bill would have been part of was told by Earl Archer, a trackman for the railroad.   “Two former … Continue reading

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