Volume 6 , Issue 33

Wister, OK

Ghost Town - Wister, OK -- "I was born December 15, 1921 at Wister , OK . My birthplace is now covered by the Wister Lake which was build as a flood control in that area and became a part of the Wister State Park . My Dad, W. S. Holt, went to Pine Valley in 1925 to work as a carpenter for Dierks Lumber and Coal Company. He worked with the builders of the company owned homes and businesses. After a few months he moved his family to the area that later was the Valley School building area. He lived in a tent until he saved enough money to buy a couple of lots in the township of Muse . There he built our home. We lived there until the carpenter work had slowed down. Later in about 1926 we moved to Mountain Pine, Arkansas where another new Dierks sawmill was being built. We moved back to Muse in time for me to start school in the fall of 1926...... READ MORE" -- Orville Holt - Email: ouholt@cox.net   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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