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<blockquote data-quote="Raido Free America" data-source="post: 3748117" data-attributes="member: 45328"><p>I'm originally from The Arkansas Ozarks, but have lived neat Tulsa the last 55 years, and have Oklahoma ties going way back. My parental grand father ran away from home over a beating received from his father, and made his way from the Russellville Arkansas area, to Granite Oklahoma, to live with his married sister, when he was just a kid, 12, or 13 I think. He walked most of the way, when he couldn't catch a ride, and said he spent most nights in grave yards, so no one would bother him! Pretty smart kid? My paternal grandmother, his wife, made a trip when she was a small child, from the same area in Arkansas, to Oolgah, Oklahoma, in a wagon to visit relitiuves. She liked to talk about this trip, and said it took about two weeks each way. this grand father died in 1933, but my grand mother lived to be almost 100, and could tell some really great stories. She could remember many, many, old people that were alive during the Civil War. She said every time ether side would come through the area, they would steal all the food and live stock they could find,but kidnap any teen age boys, and force them into the army! I guess they spent a lot of time hiding kids, food, and live stock, from these thieves!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raido Free America, post: 3748117, member: 45328"] I'm originally from The Arkansas Ozarks, but have lived neat Tulsa the last 55 years, and have Oklahoma ties going way back. My parental grand father ran away from home over a beating received from his father, and made his way from the Russellville Arkansas area, to Granite Oklahoma, to live with his married sister, when he was just a kid, 12, or 13 I think. He walked most of the way, when he couldn't catch a ride, and said he spent most nights in grave yards, so no one would bother him! Pretty smart kid? My paternal grandmother, his wife, made a trip when she was a small child, from the same area in Arkansas, to Oolgah, Oklahoma, in a wagon to visit relitiuves. She liked to talk about this trip, and said it took about two weeks each way. this grand father died in 1933, but my grand mother lived to be almost 100, and could tell some really great stories. She could remember many, many, old people that were alive during the Civil War. She said every time ether side would come through the area, they would steal all the food and live stock they could find,but kidnap any teen age boys, and force them into the army! I guess they spent a lot of time hiding kids, food, and live stock, from these thieves! [/QUOTE]
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