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  • Quote from Mattie Lee

    My folks live on the Okie side of the Red River so we are virtually neighbors! Unlike a lot of Okies, I love Texas and consider it my second home.


    Quote from William T Brooks

    I guess I am the Only Okie-Texan Half-Breed Arizona Desert Rat in the Bunch !!!


    Quote from Stumpy

    My ancestral roots are Scotch-Irish but every time someone asks, I just tell 'em I'm a "Duke's mixture" since that's what my Mama always said. One of those typical "Okie" countrified expressions.


    Quote from William T Brooks

    My Grandmother always said that it was a Great To Say that She Was A "Okie" Because That Meant You Were Mighty Tough and could Live though Anything even The Dust Bowl !!!


    Quote from Stumpy

    Well, the term never bothered me, Bill, even when I was growing up in Oklahoma.



    For all you "Okies" - one of my favorite songs, from an artist I've seen many times in person -

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