Just a note to let you know that Oklahoma is not all dry - barren land. The eastern half is beautiful, with hills, valleys and wonderful farm land. When you go west out of Oklahoma City for at least 60-100 miles it is a beautiful rolling land very green and not many trees to give a farmer any problems. The far northwest is more dry and barren. My ancesters came from KY and other areas in the East. I feel they came west to make a better life for their family and to get away from the cities. I'll get off my soapbox now. I wish I lived in OK now but life has taken me back east and then now to TX. Also to make a better life for my family. Thanks for listening. Kathryn Phil Andrew wrote: > Depends on when your relative came. Land was cheap or free if they came > during either of the two major runs, 1889 or 1893. Don't forget there was a > major climate change in the later part of the last century and the earlier > part of this one. My grandfather remembered grass so tall that a man on a > horse could barely see over the top. > > The droughts of the 1920sand the infamous dustbowl of the 1930s truly > changed how people viewed Oklahoma. > > Cheers > > Phil424 > -----Original Message----- > From: Marian Alvis <marian@cyberhighway.net> > To: OKGARFIE-L@rootsweb.com <OKGARFIE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Monday, November 08, 1999 5:11 PM > Subject: [OKGARFIE] Re: [OKGARFIE-L] Thanks Bob!--- > > >Bob, > >My relative came from Ky to Ok too! What was the attraction to leave > such > >pretty > >county like Ky to go to the dry, barren land in Ok? > >Was it the free land or what? > > > >Marian > >marian@cyberhighway.net > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Rosemary Webb <rosie@ipa.net> > >To: OKGARFIE-L@rootsweb.com <OKGARFIE-L@rootsweb.com> > >Date: Monday, September 13, 1999 8:38 PM > >Subject: [OKGARFIE-L] Thanks Bob! > > > > > >>I went to the library this afternoon & looked in the Garfield Co. Ok. > >>census. I actually found the family I was looking for in the 1910 & 1920 > >>census. I got so excited I looked around for someone to hug but didn't > see > >>a soul I knew...decided a stranger might not understand so I refrained. > >> > >>Then I got a bonus tonight. Bob sent me a high school year book picture > >of > >>my great uncles son. So I had a really good day. > >> > >>Here's what I found in the census. > >> > >>1910 Census for Garfield County Oklahoma > >>Robert E Duncan 43 m, Farmer, born Kentucky > >>Ula L. 27 f born Kentucky > >>Cyril 4 m born Oklahoma > >>William 2 m born Oklahoma > >> > >>1920 Census for Garfield County Oklahoma > >>Robert E Duncan 53 m, Farmer, Kentucky > >>Ula L. 39 f, Kentucky > >>Cyril Ralph 14 m, Oklahoma > >>William 11 m, Oklahoma > >>Milton C. 9 m, Oklahoma > >>Arthur S 7 m, Oklahona > >>Edwin 4, 4/12 m, Oklahoma > >>Syndell 2, 3/12 m, Oklahoma > >> > >> > >>==== OKGARFIE Mailing List ==== > >>Visit the Garfield County USGenWeb Home Page! > >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgarfie/gar.htm > >> > >> > > > > > >==== OKGARFIE Mailing List ==== > >Visit the Garfield County USGenWeb Home Page! > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgarfie/gar.htm > > > > > >============================== > >RootsWeb.com now offers UNLIMITED Web space for FREE! > >Sign up today for RootsWeb's Freepages program: > >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > ==== OKGARFIE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Garfield County USGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgarfie/gar.htm > > ============================== > RootsWeb.com now offers UNLIMITED Web space for FREE! > Sign up today for RootsWeb's Freepages program: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi