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Archive 1 Archived March 11, 2006.

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Nice picture, Applejuicefool! That adds a lot to the article. OhNoitsJamie 03:31, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks :) Applejuicefool 03:35, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Native Americans?

Noticed just now the discrepancy between Shawnee in the intro and Pawnee in my history addition. I got Pawnee from the Handbook of Texas Online. I did a quick web search on Shawnee and Big Spring, and sure enough, the Big Spring City WP says Shawnee. I went back and double checked the HTO, and it indeed says Pawnee. Misplaced Pages shows little maps of areas where each nation was located; neither is right on top of Big Spring (which the Comanche are) but the Pawnee looks closer (Shawnee are up near New England area). Not sure what to do about this, ATM. Any ideas? Applejuicefool 03:35, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

The HTO is usually right...let me go get my texas history books and check. pschemp | talk 03:37, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
I will write an email to the city to see what the source of their info is. Applejuicefool 03:38, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
Where's this map on wiki? Joe I 03:42, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
The maps are on the articles for the various Indian tribes. Do a search on the name of the tribe. Applejuicefool 03:44, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
DOH! The HTO Big Spring article says Shawnee! The HTO Howard County article says Pawnee! Applejuicefool 03:43, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
I wondered about that too, but the Shawnee article does mention this: Several hundred Missouri Shawnee left the United States in 1815 together with some Delaware people and settled in Texas, which was at that time controlled by Spain. This tribe became known as the Absentee Shawnee; they were once again expelled in 1839 after Texas had gained its indepedence three years earlier. I've been unable to find any mention of where in Texas they lived before going back to Oklahoma. OhNoitsJamie 03:48, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm thinking the Absentee Shawnees are probably closest to the truth. I found a similar article on http://www.tolatsga.org/shaw.html - dunno the sources for that article, though. They say the Shawnee were welcomed by the Spanish to serve as kind of a buffer between Mexico and the U.S. Applejuicefool 03:55, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
And yet HTO Howard County clearly mentions "Skidi Pawnees." Things that make you go hmmm... Applejuicefool

Portuguese!

Excellent! We now have a Big Spring stub in Portuguese! Applejuicefool 04:08, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Jake Pickle

Why is there no mention of Jake Pickle who grew up in this area? Varun Rajendran

Refinery Explosion

Not sure hwo to add the information well, but this is the most up to date info out there: http://news.google.com/news?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS249&q=Big+Spring+Texas+explosion&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn

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