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Fourth-generation owners of Cabin Creek Farm, Darrell Stiles and Nancy Stiles Chipukites, discuss the history of the property and the early members of their family that homesteaded the land in 1891 as part of Sac and Fox Land Run. The major crops of the farm at the time of the interview included wheat and rye grass, as well as cattle. For a long time, the farm operated as a dairy, known as Cabin Creek Dairy. Also discussed were the long held traditions of the Stiles family and the future of Cabin Creek Farm.

Date(s)

8/13/2008

Call Number

Subjects Rural life, Homestead, Livestock buildings
Farm life, Dairy farms, Beef cattle, Farm buildings
Interviewee(s) Darrell Stiles | Nancy Chipukites
Interviewer(s) Tanya Finchum