The Martins of Colorado and Oklahoma
- John Andrew Martin (1868–1939), Colorado State Representative 1901, U.S. Representative from Colorado 1909–1913 1933–1939. Brother of Hugh Martin, Jr..
- Hugh Martin, Jr., Sheriff of Woods County, Oklahoma. Brother of John Andrew Martin.
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Famous quotes containing the words colorado and/or oklahoma:
“I am persuaded that the people of the world have no grievances, one against the other. The hopes and desires of a man who tills the soil are about the same whether he lives on the banks of the Colorado or on the banks of the Danube.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“I know only one person who ever crossed the ocean without feeling it, either spiritually or physically.... he went from Oklahoma to France and back again ... without ever getting off dry land. He remembers several places I remember too, and several French words, but he says firmly, “We must of went different ways. I don’t rightly recollect no water, ever.””
—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)