Duchess Corner

We seemed to have jogged a few memories of old cistern tales out there. Thanks to everyone that sent in their stories. Also, we forwarded those stories to "The Prairie Connection."

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Berdie Smelker & Barnett Log Cabin Update...

The attached photo, labeled Berdie Smelker, may have come from the area of the Barnett log cabin in southern Woods County, now part of Major County, south of the Cimarron River about 6 miles southeast of Waynoka, OK [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

FOR SALE In Harper, Kansas...

"I realize none of you are looking to invest in a building, but I just thought you might like to see where we left our hearts back in 2002 [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Old Cook Shack & Cistern...

"My Aunt Maria used to talk about the days when she and Aunt Clara run the 'old cook shack [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Runnymede Depot...

"The Runneymede depot that you have written about was not located at the original town of Runneymede [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

SLAPE Ancestry of Cleveland, Oklahoma...

"My father was Earl Coy Slape [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Threshing Machines & Cook Shacks...

Let's go back to the threshing machines of the 1920's that our ancestors used before the combine came along. The threshing machines would be parked in the fields -- wheat, oats and barley would be cut and tied in bundles -- then shocked and hauled to the threshing machine.

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Craigville, MN Ghost Town...

"There is also a town called Craigville Mn still on the map but is no longer there [more]... View/Write Comments (count 1)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Old Cistern Memories...

"I have a vivid memory of my first experience with cisterns [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Cisterns...

"When me and my twin sister were small, maybe 10 yrs [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

West Texas Cisterns...

"I lived in Childress, Texas in the late 1940's, right before moving to Anadarko, Oklahoma [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

HISAW Surname - Firsco, Oklahoma...

Was browsing for anything with the HISAW surname in Oklahoma [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Anatomy of A Cistern...

by - Charlie Cook in Louisiana Bayou Country

"My grandparents, Earl and Edith Smith Cook farmed in Grant Co., Oklahoma most of their adult life. They lived about three miles northwest of Lamont. While their farming equipment was fairly modern, they were never able to find a decent water well on that place. Therefore they had to have a cistern. It was located on their back porch, and had a crank type pump. That actually consisted of a chain of little 'buckets' that went round and round, dumping their little amount of water to run out of the spout.

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AHS Goldbug '76 Class Reunion...

"Any word on the '76 Classes reunion for this year?" -- Ron Kennedy - Email: okiesshot21@yahoo [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Old Cisterns...

"I can't help on the 'cook shack' question, but let's talk about cisterns for a minute [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

Missouri Sales Tax Receipts...

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Perry, OK Gas & Weather...

"A few days after I passed on the information about gas prices (probably) going to (perhaps) $5 per gallon tomorrow, they raised ours by 11 cents! I checked today and the bottom price is $2 [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe