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Land Tales: Taloga, OK ~ EPOTM Dewey County Run

Posted on June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 by Red Dirt Kelly

Dewey County was proving to be a run that felt more personal to me than most. Case in point: second stop, Taloga, OK. Enter, Mel Jean “Jeannie” Weber.

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Jeannie Weber, owner/manager of the Dewey County Abstract Company.

Having been referred to her from a downtown bystander, our team waited patiently in the front room theatre seating of the Dewey County Abstract Company. Jeannie was attending to customers who had questions. And stories.

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Rachel Apple, our team photographer, hanging out in the front area of Dewey County Abstract Company.

Perhaps it’s because I am the mother of two daughters. Perhaps it’s because I grew up as a female child in a universe that historically deemed first-born males with magical powers and hereditary rights.

Perhaps it’s because I’m writing this post the day after Hillary Clinton has effectively won her party’s nomination for the Democratic presidential candidate.  This, in a country that began with women who couldn’t vote, own property, or use their voice without public sanctions.

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Very early history of the business Jeannie runs.

Perhaps…it’s because Jeannie demonstrated a keen sense of social equity, a strong sense of self, a perspective of the journey women in Oklahoma – including her mother – have taken and where they might be going.  A sense of understanding male physical strength as a unique skill for some vocations but where intelligence and critical thinking provide equal footing in others.  Perhaps it’s because she can comically joke about an area brothel going out of business, and in the same breath pledge her allegiance to the place where she was born, raised, and will most likely die.

Whatever the reasons, and most likely “all of the above,” today I have one thought on my mind: Jeannie Weber for President!

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Jeannie and our videographer, April. Coordinated outfits, yes?

 

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4 thoughts on “Land Tales: Taloga, OK ~ EPOTM Dewey County Run”

  1. Nancy Hurt says:
    June 9, 2016 at 9:50 am

    Enjoyed the interview. That is exactly the real Jeannie! Great job, my friend.

    1. Red Dirt Kelly says:
      June 11, 2016 at 6:33 pm

      Glad you enjoyed the article, Nancy!

  2. Nancy Hurt says:
    June 9, 2016 at 9:48 am

    Great job, my friend!

  3. Heather says:
    June 8, 2016 at 10:42 pm

    Love this woman!

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