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Description

John Sprague tells of making the run and of making his claim. He tells how he had to measure where his claim was because there were no markers. Mrs. Sprague tells of being a frontier housewife and some of the problems, mostly having no doctor. Both Spragues made the Cherokee Strip land run.

Date(s)

9/16/1953

Call Number

LL 121

Subjects
Frontier and Pioneer Life, Oklahoma--History, Oklahoma--History--Land Rush 1893
Interviewee(s) John and Mrs. Sprague
Interviewer(s) Harry McKeever