Statue of Liberty, Lindsay Style! :-)

We are back in the metropolis of Lindsay, Oklahoma! 


Tuesday, July 3rd I headed back to the Griffith Sports Complex for what would be the Owls last game of the season.  :-(  They played GREAT though!!  Awesome way to end the season!


On this particular day I had Richard Eugene along as an adventure partner so on the way we stopped for pictures at the little Statue of Liberty.  I had tried to get a picture when I was on the way out of Lindsay the night before and managed to get a odd, crooked picture from the car window as I zoomed by.


Growing up we went through Lindsay quite often for several years.  Before Grandma moved to Chickasha she had lived on Jefferson Street in Pauls Valley for a time - the logic being that it was a good mid-way point between her grandchildren.  (That didn't last, though, and a couple of years later she moved to Southgate in Chickasha.)  She made a friend while in Pauls Valley and after the lady was moved to a nursing home she would take us along with her on some weekends to visit.  I always loved those trips and all the little towns you go through on the way.  Lindsay was my favorite one to drive through!!  I always looked for and was excited about the little Statue of Liberty!!  I just thought that was the COOLEST thing!  And it is, isn't it?

I never really knew what it was and I don't know if it has changed hands over the years or not, but at the moment it is partly part of the Chamber of Commerce which is located behind the statue and partly a veterans memorial.

I guess it is one of those things that the people who live there don't appreciate - like people in Europe and castles.  After doing not exactly an intense web search but a decent one, I was unable to turn up a single mention or picture of the statue!!  About all you find regarding Lindsay is the Murray Mansion.  Which, yes, I do desperately need to visit!!!

I did find something interesting in my search, though.  It seems a General John C. Fremont made an interesting statement in a report in the mid-1800s about the Washita Valley:

...if there is a Garden of Eden in the Western Hemisphere, it is in the Washita Valley.  

Granted, the only places I have been able to locate such a statement on are various websites touting the awesomeness of Lindsay (in the heart of the Washita Valley).  Did he really say it?  Who cares!  Remember what I said in the post about Fred regarding Grady Countians and the Washita being like Egyptians and the Nile?  Yep, you guessed it.  I am going to take it and run with it!!!  :-)  And now is a good time to mention that I have the most amazing journey planned with me, some serious GPS locator and the Little Washita.  It will be epic.  It will be even better if Jadzia can come along (my as yet non-existent new Jeep!)  But the adventure can definitely wait until it is cooler!!  :-)

I leave you today with a shot of me and my new friend, Miss Little Lindsay Liberty!  :-)