Volume 15 , Issue 6

A Lonely Grave

This a story about a lonely grave written by Thelma Crouch for one of the Woods County genealogy publications. Its about Felix Fief (Rief) lonely grave on a hill in northwestern Woods County, on land once owned by Lewis Kamas. It appeared in the OkieLegacy Ezine, 2002, Vol.4. Here is the rest of the story.

"On a lonely and windy hill in northwestern Woods county, there is a small fenced enclosed grave. The grave is of a cowboy named Felix Fief.

"One day he was breaking a colt and had the colt teetered to a tree. Fief had a saddle on the colt and when he had his wife, Clara, untie the rope, the colt reared back and fell over backwards, running the saddle horn through Rief's chest.

"Anyone buying the land is asked to maintain the fence around the grave. The land now belongs to Lewis Kamas.

"Each year in the Spring, there is a small bunch of marigolds that creep up through the soil and bloom all Summer if the water is plentiful."   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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