Ponca City Sports Car Course

The old Ponca City Race Course near Ponca City, Oklahoma, is a prominent location in the story Chicken Fries featured on http://www.ericwilder.com . The course hosted SCCA racing events from the 60’s until the 90’s. City streets, still present, formed the race course that abutted scenic Lake Ponca. http://energyissues.blogharbor.com http://justeastofeden.blogharbor.com

Luck and Tabitha

Here is a picture of Lucky and Tabitha.
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Eric's Newest Dog

Here is a picture of Eric Wilder's new dog, Patch.

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Captain Shreve's Snagboat Camp

In 1833 Captain Henry Miller Shreve, Superintendent of Western River Improvement, began dismantling the 165 mile long log jam known as the Red River or Great Raft.  Shreve had earlier invented the snag boat and his creation had a jaw-like bow that could yank snags and tree trunks out of the water.  The trees and snags were then cut up with a saw mill on the boat’s deck.

In 1835, the Shreve Town Company was formed by eight businessmen at the site of Captain Shreve’s camp.  When a rival group started a nearby town they called Coates Bluff, the Shreve Town Company hired Captain Shreve to divert the river slightly.  He did so, leaving Coates Bluff without access to the Red River.

Today, Shreveport, named in Captain Henry Miller Shreve’s honor, is Louisiana’s second largest city and Coates Bluff little more than a faded memory.

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Leaving Louisiana in a Driving Rain

I tried sneaking away from Vivian yesterday before my new girlfriend Rita realized I was going.  I didn’t quite make it.  She wrapped my neck in a damp embrace, trying to keep me from leaving.

Rita chased me, smothering me in wet kisses.  When that didn’t work she tried to blow me off the road.  Finally, at the Oklahoma border, she gave up and let me go.  Some relationships were never meant to be.

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