Word: atoka
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Dates: during 1929-1929
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Friday is the prime day of the Hurley week. He was born on Friday in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). He denies having Indian blood.* At 11 he was driving "Kicking Pete," a mule, in shaft 6 of the Atoka Coal & Mining Co. At 15 he was punching cows on "Lazy S" ranch and feeling aggrieved that Theodore Roosevelt had rejected him as a rough rider. At 19 he was a captain of the Indian Territorial Militia warring against Chief Crazy Snake. On a Friday he was graduated from law school, and on a Friday became a practicing attorney...