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- Little House on the Prairie midi (Click to Play.) -- "Carolyn and I were driving a few days ago Northeast of Freedom, just a mile off of highway 64, and found this wonderful old rock prairie home beside a county road. This link is to one of fourteen photos I have of it, posted on my Flickr photo site. I'm curious to know if anyone knows anything about the history of the old place. It is quite small, as you can tell from the photos, but has 'wood paneling' (real wood, not thin panel sheets like we use now), and the amazing part to me is that it was built with a concrete guttering around three sides, enabling the rain water to be collected in a cistern located on the north side of the house. This seems to be a perfect project for a restoration effort and a preservation effort, much as has been done for the old log cabin down near Aline. But it sits alone, gradually falling prey to the elements and to predators (human and otherwise, I suppose). Communities are always on the lookout for projects to increase tourism in the area - and yet, this one is slowly decaying. If nothing else, it would be nice to have as complete a history of the place as is possible to gather. I'm curious to know when it was built, something of the people who lived there, etc. Does anyone know?" -- Rod Murrow, Freedom, Oklahoma | View or Add Comments (3 Comments) | Receive updates ( subscribers) | Unsubscribe
