Historical Monuments in Harmon County,Oklahoma |
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100th MERIDIAN
OKLAHOMA/TEXAS STATE LINE
THE 100th MERIDIAN FIRST MARKED THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF
TEXAS AND THE VAST LOUISIANA PURCHASE. ESTABLISHING THIS BOUNDARY
WAS ONE OF THE MOST FAR REACHING EVENTS IN WHICH THE NATION ENGAGED.
IN 1927 THE U S SUPREME COURT ESTABLISHED THE OK/TX STATE LINE ALONG
THIS BOUNDARY. THE 100TH MERIDIAN CHAPTER NSDAR DEDICATE THIS
PROJECT TO IDENTIFY THIS STATE LINE, LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF
HOLLIS, OK ON U S HIGHWAY 62.
DEDICATED BY 100th MERIDIAN CHAPTER NSDAR
JULY 1991
west entrance to Hollis, Oklahoma on State Highway 62
when traveling east from Childress, Texas and Wellington, Texas.
MAY 2008: Visit the newly painted east wall at the
Harmon County Historical Museum
102 West Broadway (Hwy 62)
Hollis, Oklahoma 73550
RON SCHOOL
The Ron School Cubs
RON SCHOOL WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST AND 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF THIS
MARKER. THE SCHOOL WAS FORMED IN THE SPRING OF 1939 BY A SPECIAL
ELECTION TO CONSOLIDATE THE SCHOOLS OF DRYDEN, MCKNIGHT, METCALF
AND TEACROSS. THE FIRST SENIOR CLASS WAS 1939 AND THE LAST CLASS
TO GRADUATE WAS 1964 WHEN RON SCHOOL WAS CONSOLIDATED WITH
HOLLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
RON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - MAY 1999
OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
235-1999
GRANITE MONUMENT
GRANITE, OKLAHOMA
Location on east side of Highway 30 and HC 1510 Rd, 8 miles north of
street light in Hollis, Oklahoma (HWY 62).
1892 - FRANCIS - 1902 GREER EMPIRE, TEXAS
1902 - TROTTER - 1903 UNASSIGNED INDIAN TERRITORY
1903 - INDIAN TERRITORY - 1906
1909 - VINSON, HARMON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
SCHOOL 1908 CITY HALL 1905 VINSON HOTEL 1907
VINSON DAY IS CELEBRATED THE SATURDAY BEFORE EASTER EACH YEAR.
Photo inclueds Sylvia Mitchell, Postmaster, Vinson, OK
J B Chambers and Kay Adams, all Vinson residents.
HISTORY ABOUT CAVE CREEK
THIS WAS THE WAY THINGS WERE WAY BACK IN THE EARLY DAYSOF 1900. I, J B CHAMBERS, WAS BORN AUGUST 25 1911 ON A FARM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VINSON, OKLAHOMA. IN 1916 ONE MILE SOUTH OF HERE, I STARTED TO THE CAVE CREEK SCHOOL.
WE ALL WALKED TO SCHOOL.
MY MEMORY AND HISTORY
THIS WAS ALL ABOUT THE OLD CAVE CREEK PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH HOUSE FROM THE 1890'S TO THE 1930'S. THIS WAS THE WAY THINGS WERE. THIS CHURCH HOUSE WAS 45 x 30 FEET LONG WITH AN EIGHT FOOT ROOM ON THE WEST END. ON ONE END IT HAD WOOD AND COAL TO MAKE FIRES AND ON THE OTHER END WAS CISTERN WITH A ROPE. A BUCKET AND A PULLEY TO DRAW WATER TO DRINK AND USE. THE WATER WAS CAUGHT OFF THE HOUSE WITH A CISTERN TROUGH OR GUTTER THAT WENT INTO THE CISTERN. ON THE WEST END WAS A DOOR THAT WENT OUT ABOUT EIGHT FEET TO A DUGOUT OR CELLAR. THIS DUGOUT WAS USED FOR STORMS AND STORAGE. THIS SLAB LIES BETWEEN WHERE THE CISTERN AND THE DUGOUT WERE. THERE WERE TWENTY TO THIRTY FAMILIES WHO CAME TO THIS CHURCH HOUSE AND A WHOLE LOT OF KIDS. THEY CAME IN WAGONS, BUGGIES, ON HORSE BACK AND ON FOOT. THERE WERE VERY FEW CARS AT THAT TIME. CARS CAME ABOUT 1920. EVERY TWO OR THREE YEARS THEY WOULD HAVE AN ASSOCIATION OR REVIVAL THAT LASTED FOR THREE OR FOUR DAYS. A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME TO THIS MEETING EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME. THE COOKS WOULD COME THE DAY BEFORE IN WAGONS AND BUGGIES AND PUT UP THEIR TENTS TO GET READY TO COOK. THERE WERE VERY FEW TOMBSTONES IN THIS CEMETERY UNTIL 1920. I KNOW ALMOST EVERYONE WHO IS BURIED HERE. WHAT A GOOD LIFE!BY J B AND OLINE CHAMBERS
The history of Vinson by J B Chambers, life long resident!
See this and many other monuments with stories and photos
at Vinson, Oklahoma.
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the black and white framed photos of cotton pickers pulling the sack "Do You Remember?" Photos are also on a Bayer Asprin Calendar!
SEND YOUR STORIES TO HARMON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
(580) 688-9545 | www.rootsweb.com/~okhcgs/
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