My dad was barely 19 years old when he lined up at the border of Oklahoma Territory, to make the run for a parcel of land in the new frontier. He had a fine horse which was fast, and well ahead of most of the others. He traveled about 10 miles when tragedy struck. His trusty horse's front leg fell into a prairie dog hole breaking his leg. My dad quickly surveyed the dilemma he was in knowing the horse could not survive, all he could do now was to destroy his only mode of transportation. One well placed shot from his Smith and Wesson 38 cal. pistol, and he tried to make it on foot. That failed and he missed his chance. He settled in a small town if Calvin, I.T.(Indian Territory), and was a sharecrop farmer until he met his lifelong sweetheart and they were married in Redoak. They established a home in Calvin and he worked on a new railroad construction. By 1900 they had two of their 10 children. Esther Alma Moore who came from Mississippi was the joy of his life. Esther Swinhart and her sister Lula Moore Hardwick, helped establish, and were charter members of The First Baptist Church in Calvin, I.T. That's a partial run-down of some of the early days of Oklahoma. Melvin Swinhart {Number 7 of 10 children. > Is it necessary to live in Oklahoma to be an Archivist? How computer > literate must one be to become an Archivist? Connie Karle > > ==== OKHUGHES Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Oklahoma Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/okcem.htm > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237