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Plucky Girls Holding Down Land Claims in Oklahoma
Miss Daisy led as Oklahoma’s first feminine homesteader after riding a cowcatcher to stake a claim near Waterloo along the Santa Fe line. By 1889 she secured a patent, later died in Chicago, and many women continue to hold claims in Beaver county. Fostering farming skill, Edith Nelson shipped cantaloupe seed to distributors, while Mrs. Sarah Holt sold broomcorn, and Miss Maude James tended thirty acres of cotton north of Morrison. Local clubs and strong women’s roles mark the era of persistent homesteading.
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Nannette Daisy
Oklahoma
March of Progress
Sam
Kentucky
Blue Grass State
Miss Daisy
Waterloo
Santa Fe
Daisy
Chicago
Old Fort Reno
Beaver County
Uncle Sam
S. Fischer
United States
Texhoma
Tyrone
Susan Healey
Edith Nelson
Optima
No Man's Land
Nelson
Miss Nelson
Sarah Holt
Guymon
Oklahoma ‘Territory
Thomas
Custer County
Optimists
Efstern
Central States
Maude James
Morrison
Noble County
Sue
Miss James