Country Lifestyles
Lute & Granny Jackson
By Judy Wade
Much has been written about Lute and Granny Jackson and their part in the history of southern Oklahoma while it was still Indian Territory. Lute was once summoned to “hanging” in Judge Parker’s court in Fort Smith, Ark., accused of killing a sheep herder and his sheep. His mother, Amanda, accompanied him to plead his case and met and exchanged recipes with the infamous Belle Starr. Lute was acquitted.
However, the mother-son duo had quite a history in Texas before moving to Indian Territory.
Amanda (Granny) Jackson was born in 1819 near what is now Plantersville, Miss. She married William A. Jackson in 1843 and they had five daughters and three sons. Lucian Boneparte (called Lute by his family) was born in 1857 in Genoa, Ark., and was six years old when the family moved to Illinois Bend in Montague, Texas, just south of the Red River and the Choctaw-Chickasaw Nation in Indian Territory.
In 1862, William Jackson was returning to Mississippi to retrieve some of the family’s belongings when he was killed near what is now Idabel, Okla. He was found dead, lying in the bed of his abandoned wagon. It was assumed he was killed and robbed by thieves who took his horses, supplies and about $40 in gold coins, considered a large sum in those days.
Shortly after his death, the Jackson homestead was raided by Indians and his barns and hay were burned. Interested only in stealing the horses, the Indians circled the house several times, shooting arrows into the log walls and rode north across the river.
The children pulled out the arrows and kept them for several years.
Shortly after that raid in 1868, a company of soldiers was camped near Illinois Bend to patrol the border between Indian Territory and Texas to prevent Indian raids in the area. One Sunday afternoon as the soldiers were playing baseball, the soldiers themselves were attacked by the same band of Indians that had raided the Jackson homestead.
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By Lacey Vilhauer
Ingredients:
1-2 cups vegetable oil
½ cup diced white onion
2 tsp minced garlic
½ TBSP chili powder
¼ tsp oregano
½ tsp ground cumin
1 lb. ground beef
1 tsp salt
½ tsp black pepper
½ to a full can of Rotel tomatoes and green chilis
8 (burrito-sized) flour tortillas, warmed
2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Toppings: salsa, sour cream, guacamole, queso
Directions:
Brown hamburger meat and onions in a large skillet until onions are slightly softened. Add in garlic chili powder, oregano and cumin. Stir and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in Rotel. Cook and stir another five minutes. Set aside.
Warm tortillas in the microwave. On each tortilla, place about ½ cup of meat mixture. Do not overfill. Top with shredded cheese. Fold sides over the meat and cheese, then fold bottom over the sides and roll up. Place all folded chimichangas, seam side down, on a large plate and repeat with remaining tortillas.
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By Dal Houston
I am terribly saddened by all the argumentative discourse that seems to be going on in today’s world. It seems as though it is no longer enough just to disagree on certain issues. We are expected to classify someone as an enemy if they do not always agree with us on all issues, lest we be considered weak.
To make things even worse, because those who disagree with you are now considered enemies, the sentiment seems to be that it is only fair and proper to destroy them, because they are the enemy, again with the fear of ridicule for being weak if we do not fight.
With all that said, and seemingly unrelated, I am a big John Wayne fan. From watching him dive into his role as a cowboy, to marveling at his time portraying a soldier or appreciating his acting gig as a sailor, there is seldom a week that goes by without me watching at least one
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By Martha Crump
That old adage, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.,” may have some basis in truth when applied to minor situations. However, when what you don’t know is presented in the form of a “Trojan Horse” and is what amounts to an incredible attempt to fleece American property rights, it becomes a different story altogether.
To put this unbelievable tale together, we need to step back to Joe Biden’s 2021 Executive Order which pledged commitment to help restore balance on public lands and waters, to create jobs, and to provide a path to align the management of America’s public lands and waters with our nation’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals.
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