Volume 7 , Issue 11

Alpha Gordon Updegraff - by Nancy Groalman Berlowe

On page 706 and continuing onto page 707 of the Pioneers Footprint history book you can read the following, "A true Pioneer loves the land in which he chooses to settle, and he is dedicated to helping that land become a secure and welcome home for other settlers. Alpha Gordon Updegraff can be placed in this ideal of a pioneer as he dedicated much of his life and abilities to helping this area progess from a homesteaded territory to a county in Oklahoma. He first came to what is now Woods County in 1872, and was part of its history and development until his death in 1929. Updegraff had moved here from Topeka, Ks, where he was born on May 13, 1856, and became a cowboy near Ash Grove, just north of where Alva is located now. He worked cattle for several years on the drives to Kansas and Texas, and by 1886 had become the foreman of the Major Drumm Ranch, or the T-5 Ranch, located at the mouth of the Medicine River....." READ MORE ABOUT UPDEGRAFF   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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