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Of the Five Tribes, the Cherokees were the largest holder of Africans as chattel slaves. By 1860 the Cherokees had 4,600 slaves. Many Cherokees depended on them as a bridge to white society. Full-blood Indian slave owners relied on the blacks as English interpreters and translators. Mainly, however, slaves worked on farms as laborers or in homes as maids or servants. The Cherokees feared the aspect of a slave revolt, and that is just what happened in 1842 at Webbers Falls.
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Derrick Scobey, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, partnered with World Vision USA to distribute food boxes to Oklahoma City residents. His wife Angela Bush Scobey, formerly of Clearview, had the idea of distributing food boxes to Black towns. She contacted Cousin Shirley Nero to organize the towns to meet in Clearview every other Thursday for food boxes. A refrigerated semi-trailer truck arrives at 8:00 a.m. filled with no less than 1,200 to 2,400 boxes of milk, produce, and dairy products. Eight town representatives from eastern Oklahoma arrive with trailers or UHAULS to pick up their boxes to take back to their hometowns. This has been going on for over two months and the end of September, they will enter the Phase III which will add protein to the boxes. This has been a great project to bring the towns together to work together and share ideas for the good of all. Those towns participating are Boley, Clearview, Grayson, IXL, Lima, Rentiesville, Tallahassee, Vernon, and Weleetka.
Read moreThose on our sick list are improving but continue your prayers Marguerite French, Alpheus Grundy, Billy Walker, Cornell Lucas, Otis Davis, and Kurrilue Johnson Jr., Jean Chatman, L.C. Carson, all former residents of Clearview. Makai Blades is back at Pitt State and slowly getting back to training. Please pray for his recovery. Please treat the COVID seriously, it attacks the young, strong, old, and sick.
Read moreClearview will be hosting a Community-Wide Garage Sale on October 3, 2020 beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the Community Center (old school grounds) 112 West Douglas Street.
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The Town of Clearview recently received an Oklahoma Community Foundation Rural County Community Grant to create a mural depicting the history of Clearview. The project will consist of a 10 x 50-foot mural on the west side of the Main Street Community building, Marcus Young of Oklahoma City is the artist. Marcus’ rendition of mural.
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Read moreI have to say this...The act of taking a knee while our flag is unfurled has become glamorous and celebrated. But in reality this act no matter how sincere the protestors are, dishonors and disrespects the men and women who died defending their right to protest.
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My Dad and Mom (C.A. {Charlie} and Mattie Sims) ran a grocery store in Holdenville from the early 1930s to the mid 1960s. Before that they lived in Yeager during the 1920s. My three older brothers, Jimmy, Leo and Bill, were all born in Yeager while I was born in Holdenville. I was in my teen years before I found out that Jimmy’s name was really Charles Douglas. Apparently an old man in Yeager started calling him Jimmy and that stuck with him his whole life.
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