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Prairie life in Beaver county Oklahoma seen by Kentucky visitor
Miss Lottie Hester writes from Beaver County Oklahoma describing arrival from Mayfield Kentucky to visit her uncle Meriman Hester. She details farming scale with engines plows, harvest crews, wages, crops including alfalfa broom corn milo and corn, an orchard, and the healthy prairie environment. She notes roads automobiles and social visits with Sunday school bands, while expressing no homesickness and plans to return home eventually.
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Lottie Hester
Beaver County
Kentucky
M. Hester
Madison
Mayfield
Lemon
Oklahoma
Meriman Hester
Knowles
Mancil
Old Kentucky
Cegapola
Lorri Masri