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Description

Edmond resident, Educator, Counselor, Gower descendant responsible for establishing Gower Cemetery with the National Register of Historic Places. Interview covers Gower Memorial Cemetery, National Register of Historic Places, post Civil War pre-statehood African American settlement; Kurley, Reese, O'Kelly, and Gower homesteads contributed to establish cemetery; destruction of cemetery during period of abandonment

Date(s)

2/4/1993

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Subjects
Interviewee(s) Myrtle Lovella 'Gower' Thomas
Interviewer(s) Mary Bond