Historic Sites at Old Mill Creek Arouse Interest in Indian Governor
In Johnston County the Mill Creek area near Old Mill Creek preserves the grave of Cyrus Harris first governor of the Chickasaw Nation. The nearby cabin and the old water mill remnants mark a frontier past as floodwaters threaten the burial site. Jack Penner, Harris’s great grandson, notes erosion from floods may erase markers and the grave ledgers if no abutment is built. The piece recalls a fading historic landscape along Mill Creek and the risk to a five time Chickasaw governor’s resting place.
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Old Mill Creek
Mill Creek
Washita
Red
Mississippi
Cyrus Harris
Johnston County
Jack Penner
Jack
Penner
Highway 12
Governor Harris
Chickasaws Way
Eric
Texas
Eric Allen
Ada Farm and Ranch Club Meeting at Wilmar Farm
The Ada Farm and Ranch Club will meet next Thursday night July 27 at the Wilmar Farm five miles south of Ada. Dr. Don Williams announces an interesting program on growing better beef and permanent pastures. The meeting opens to all interested at 7 p.m.
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Ada Farm and Ranch Club
Wilmar Farm
Wilmar
Ada
Don Williams
Sheep Ranching in the County Is Good Business
Orville Maxey of Pon totoc County, 11 years on a 260 acre Ada area ranch, runs 300 sheep mixing Hampshire Suffolk and Western ewes. He reports easy lambing, minimal drenchings, and profits from fattened lambs and wool sales, with May shearing and a focus on horses.
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Maxey
Orville Maxey
Pontotoc County
Maxie
Hampshire
Suffolk
Corral
Oklahoma City
Ada
Fort Worth
Camp Ground Freewill Baptist Camp Meeting Nears
The article notes 69 in Sunday School at the Camp Ground Freewill Baptist Church and announces the annual camp meeting starting Wednesday August 3. It lists visits from families including the Kites and Rob erts, plus church members attending events and other local news.
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Freewill Baptist Church
Ada Summer Pony Sale Draws Huge Crowd
Ada hosts the third annual Summer Pony Sale with 1000 breeders and buyers from several states. Tuesday's high price was Grey Pearl at 2050 dollars to Sam Cook, with Texoma Topper selling for 2000 dollars to Mildred Mikesell. Total sales reached 42550 dollars as 82 ponies sold and 67 completed. Auction continues through Friday with 300 grade ponies to follow. Asa Hutchinson notes crowds began arriving early in Ada.
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Loraine Adams
C-Jo Pony Farm
Sherman
Texas
Ada Pony Palace
C-Jo
Fort Worth
C. C. Teague
Ada
Grey Pearl
Silver Mane Pony Farm
Cuba City
Wis
Sam Cook
Sabetha
Kan
Texoma
Wylie Hough Jr
Ardmore
Mildred Mikesell
Keith Finger
Powhatan
Sunflower
Asa Hutchinson
Frisco Youth Fends Off Rattler in Hay Field
Anthony Minor, while baling hay on the Rhynes ranch near Stonewall, spotted a coiled rattlesnake behind him. He grabbed a .22 rifle from the pickup, climbed onto the hood, and fired at the snake six times, then ran into the field cheering.
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Simon Patton
A. T
Stonewall
Anthony
Mr. Minor
Ada Rodeo Dates Shift to September This Year
Ada boosters announced the annual Ada Rodeo will be staged September 14 to 17, later than the usual mid August. Organizer Bob Sliger said final details were slow but the dates are set and the event should be cooler and well attended.
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Bob Sliger
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By Eric Allen
King Ranch
Bermuda
Bebee
Mrs
Leo Scott
Rev
Curtis Hogue
P. P. Kite
Jack Kite
Theresa
Charles Kite
Tex
Judson Kirby
Brenda
Barbara
Orel Elmore
Shafter
Calif
Hollis Kite
Darlene
Donnie
Steve
Johnny Wilfong
Cris Roberts
Kay
Tony
Judy
Carolyn Roberts
Diana Dorgan
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Stratford
Earlin Haskins
Gaar
Clyde Boyd
Lorene Cope
Leo Nelson
Mrs. Delton Sutton
David Turner
Miami
Woodrow Turner
Houston
Billy McNair
Lana and
Viana
William Haskins
Euel Haskins
Ada Sun
John Baker O. Francis
Edd Berryman
Charles
Roy Bivins
Dennis
Egypt
Stevie
Don
S.M. Golden
Valley View Hospital
Frisco
Boosters
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