Volume 11 , Issue 29

WWII POW Camp - Okemah, OK

Dolores Frimel says, "Stephen Ryyker, I too was born in Okemah in 1936. I remember walking by ( I believe it was called the Pecan bowl ) and the prisoners waving at us.

"My grandparents lived North of it and left just before the road curved. We were only there for two week vacations in the summer. We went to a rodeo in the Pecan bowl. Seems like some movie personality was there.

"Stephen Ryyker, are you related to Raymond, Glen and Pac Ryker. Helen Ryker, Glen's widow, is a distant relative on my Morphis side. I saw her a few weeks ago. I would like to see some pictures of the Pecan Bowl. I didn't realize that the prisoners built wall there." -- OkieLegacy, Vol. 8, Iss. 22 - WWII POW Camp - Okemah, OK
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