My Uncle Wayne is a big fan of old west history and because of him I felt I should do a little more research on Fort Washita. I spent 24 years in the military and I am part Choctaw so of course, it is interesting to me as well. I found a website with a…

by Jeffery W. McKelroy In 1830 under President Andrew Jackson the United States Senate ratified the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. The treaty between the United States government and the Choctaw Nation ceded 11 million acres of their land to the United States and began the forced removal of the Choctaw to Indian Territory, present…

by Jeffery W. McKelroy It’s a 9 to 10 hour drive, depending on your starting point, from the Cascades, east to Deer Lodge, Montana. The drive takes you through Spokane and the Nez Perce National Forest. It is truly beautiful. I wanted to spend more time in those areas but as I headed east, I…

You are a writer the moment that you say you are a writer. Then you must prove it. I went to school for 7 months to become an electronics technician but couldn’t call myself one until I graduated and had the certificate in my hand. I spent four years studying law but I never went…