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No Cats Allowed - The Kracker Cat Blog

Rated Jun 09 2008 • 1 review • cats, blogs, kittens, cute stuff, awww • blogspot.com

Found this very charming blog by one of those most
devout of converts - a former cat-hater!

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Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of...

Rated Jun 05 2008 • 1 review • crime, american west, history, outlaws • tshaonline.org

June 5, 1880 - "Bandit Queen" marries for the last time

"On this day in 1880, Myra Maybelle (Belle) Shirley Reed, the "Bandit Queen," married her second, or possibly third, husband, Sam Starr, in the Cherokee Nation. ..."

"During the Civil War [Belle's] family supported Confederate irregulars such as the raider William Clarke Quantrill. By 1864, after Carthage was burned, the family had migrated to Scyene, Texas, near Dallas. There, in July 1866 Cole, Jim, Bob, and John Younger and Jesse James, Missouri outlaws who had ridden with Quantrill, used the Shirley home as a hideout.

"Her first husband, Jim Reed, became involved with the Younger, James, and Starr gangs, which killed and looted throughout Texas, Arkansas, and the Indian Territory.

"After Jim Reed was killed by a deputy sheriff at Paris, Texas, in 1874, Belle [eventually] married Sam Starr.

"Belle and Sam Starr were later charged with horse stealing, and she received two six-month prison terms. In 1886 she was acquitted of yet another charge of horse theft, but in the meantime her husband and an Indian policeman had shot each other to death. ..."

"In 1889, while Starr was living in the Choctaw Nation, near the Canadian River, an unknown assassin killed her from ambush with a shotgun."

Photo from JAMD Celebrity, Sports & News Photography

There's nothing like a June bride !

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What Kind of Cat are You? - A Personality Quiz

Rated Jun 03 2008 • 0 reviews • cats, quizzes, funstuff • about.com

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http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0808738.html

Rated Jun 03 2008 • 0 reviews • geography, history • factmonster.com

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http://www.pawhuska.com/index_files/gallery01.html

Rated May 29 2008 • 1 review • history, small town usa, nostalgia • pawhuska.com

Pawhuska, Oklahoma, USA




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1915


Just look at the progress on Kihekah Street over an 11-year period!


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whiskers on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Rated May 29 2008 • 1 review • cats, cool photos, pretty stuff • flickr.com

I absolutely love this picture !

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Rated May 29 2008 • 1 review • cats, genetics, history • iams.com

Photo of Dolly from About.com Gallery

"The Himalayan, a gorgeous cat with the color and pattern of the Siamese but the body and coat of the Persian, was deliberately created in 1950 by American breeder Marguerita Goforth. Soon after Goforth's success, British breeders also achieved the same goal. By crossbreeding Persians and Siamese and then crossing the resulting offspring, these breeders succeeded in producing the desired appearance. ..."

"In 1955 the British Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF) recognized the Himalayan under the name Colorpoint Longhair. The American associations CFA and ACFA recognized the breed in 1957 under the name Himalayan, named for the color pattern found in other animals such as the Himalayan rabbit. By 1961, all major U.S. cat associations that existed at that time recognized the Himalayan."

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Natures Mighty Pictures: Dramatic Tarsius

Rated May 27 2008 • 1 review • animals, humor, wildlife • blogspot.com

This vid'll really open your eyes, you might say!

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