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Old Greer County

Description: Article describes the journey of the E. M. DeBerry family from Texas to Old Greer County and their life on the frontier. Author Annie Laurie Steele includes an account by her aunt, Miss Rosabel DeBerry, about hunting, cooking, taking care of livestock, and housing visitors in their pioneer home.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Steele, Annie Laurie
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

My Pioneer Home in Old Greer County

Description: Article describes the author's experiences traveling to and growing up in old Greer County. Laressa Cox McBurney describes the wagon journey, the type of pioneer home they had, neighbors, mail, and school on the frontier.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: McBurney, Laressa Cox
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Pioneer Family in Old Greer County

Description: Article discusses the life of the Chitwood family on the Oklahoma frontier in Greer County. Adelia Clifton's adapted version of Maggie Chitwood Kilpatrick's manuscript includes stories cattle herding, conditions in the dugout house they lived in, and early education.
Date: Summer 1961
Creator: Clifton, Adelia
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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