I just call the home here in Ponca City. The man that answered didn't know the exact year the home was started but said that it was about 75 years ago. That would make it about 1925 or so. Hope this helps. Evelyn Grimes Ponca City, OK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie Liddiard" <lliddiard@nc.rr.com> To: <OKROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [OKROOTS] Ponca City Home - MR > MR: > > This would be around 1899 - 1900. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks in advance. > > Leslie > lliddiard@nc.rr.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ellicete@juno.com> > To: <OKROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 1:37 AM > Subject: Re: [OKROOTS] Ponca City Home > > > > What year is that from? > > MR > > > > On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 09:06:53 -0600 "rmccracken" <rmccracken@mmcable.com> > > writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > >Would you happen to know the name of the orphanage in Ponca City > > > and how > > > old > > > >it might be. I'm still looking for a relative. Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > >Leslie > > > >lliddiard@nc.rr.com > > > > > > > (This is from the home page of Hanner Sharp American Legion Post > > > #129 > > > Stillwater, Oklahoma.) > > > > > > Post 129 is active in the community as well as the state. A service > > > officer > > > is > > > available at the Post office each Tuesday. In addition, the Oklahoma > > > State > > > American Legion Baseball Office is located in Stillwater. Among > > > their many > > > civic duties, Legion members actively support the Ponca City > > > Children's > > > Home. > > > > > > Jean McCracken > > > > > > > > > > ==== OKROOTS Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Oklahoma Roots Mailing List, use > OKROOTS-l-request@rootsweb.com or OKROOTS-d-request@rootsweb.com if > you are on the Digest list. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Oklahoma Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/okcem.htm >