
| PICTURE ABOVE - HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS 1950-1951 My brother and I lived and went to school in a lot of different places. LeFlore County Oklahoma is the old family home and the place we returned to. I have not lived there for years, but it, of all the places I have lived, seems more like home to me. I would like to share some of my pictures and memories with you on this page. All photos are used with permission or belong to me and my family. |

| (ABOVE) MR. & MRS. L.J. BENSON (2005) (ABOVE) We flew to Cancun in June of 2005 and L.J. & Lisa MISS EMMA CLAIRE were married on the beach. L.J is my grandson, the son BENSON ! Great grandchild! of my oldest daughter, Penny. They returned after a . week of honeymooning and a local reception was held.. |

| First graduating senior class from Poteau High after desegregation. |

| FRANKIE SPANO - Spent a lifetime in the recording industry. He recently retired from the business. Check out his gold records in the background. Don and Frankie were associated with the same company at one time, working together in the music business. |




| an AIR PHOTO |

| Shown above RIGHT - My uncle J.D. HOPE Jr, died in the European Theater during WWII. Shown bottom LEFT, the citation signed by Hap Arnold. |

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| PROCLAMATION BY THE CITY OF WISTER, Katherine Gee, mayor. |
| WHEREAS, Robert Donald Logan, returned to his home after the war, found his country destroyed, and still started a new journey of life by becoming married and starting a family in a different state. WHEREAS, Robert Donald Logan, eventually came to Indian Territory in 1890 and settled in Wister, I.T. in 1900. WHEREAS, Robert Donald Logan, and his family became integrated into all aspects of life in Wister, and he and his family were leading citizens of early Wister, Oklahoma. BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the below named Officials of the Town of Wister, Okllahoma, do hereby state that Robert Donald Logan was a man of courage, bravery and integrity. BE IT RESOLVED that we declare through this Resolution that May 8, 2010 shall furthermore be known in Wister, Oklahoma as Robert Donald Logan Day. |

| (Left) My Great-Grandfather Andrew Jackson Jenkins, a rich Republican with his two sisters. |

| (Right) My grandfather James Daniel Hope, a poor share- cropping Democrat and Pernie Jenkins-Hope with Andy, standing and Bill in lap. |
| WHEREAS, Robert Donald Logan, was a Confederate Soldier and actively participated in many of the largest and most Historical battles of the war. WHEREAS, Robert Donald Logan, was wounded at Gettysburg with a gunshot to his left hand, causing the loss of his left thumb. WHEREAS, Robert Donald Logan, was returned to duty and was captured at Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863 and served the last eighteen months of the war in Rock Island Prison. |
| WHEREAS, Robert Donald Logan, was a Confederate Soldier and actively participated in many of the largest and most Historical battles of the war. WHEREAS, Robert Donald Logan, was wounded at Gettysburg with a gunshot to his left hand, causing the loss of his left thumb. WHEREAS, Robert Donald Logan, was returned to duty and was captured at Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863 and served the last eighteen months of the war in Rock Island Prison. |
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