Noah Wheeler Homestead. Native gypsum stone house consisting of one room and sorghum mill powered by horses. Many neighbors com here to process their came into sorghum; it became a social occasion as well as work. They knew what it was like to be poor, sometimes living on sand hill plums, rabbis and gravy. Mrs. Ted Adkins was one of their ten children. One mile east of the junction of Highway 64 with Highway 34 near the Cimarron River, Woods Co, OK. Circa 1910., circa 1910
Item — Box: Photo B-31, item: 56
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Black and white copy prints of Buffalo, Charleston, Selman, Augusta, Fargo, Dacoma, Wakita, Brule and Doby Springs, Oklahoma. Includes scenes of businesses, families, farming, ranching, sod houses, schools and school children in and around these Oklahoma communities.
Dates
- circa 1910
Restrictions on Access
Open for public research.
Extent
From the Collection: 83 items (83 items)
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
- Sorghum industry -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stone houses Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Woods County (Okla.) Subject Source: Naf
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Contact:
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
