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Volume 9, Issue 10 - Feature #2487

Little House on the OK Prairie

Becky McCray provided this link to an article by Helen Barrett in the Alva Review-Courier newspaper in 2004. It details a bit of the life of the original owner of the little hut, Mr. Beard. Here's the link: http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=348&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=1071900&om=1 Now you know the rest of the story!

Rod Murrow - 2007-03-14 14:48:46

<a href="http://www.okielegacy.org/journal/ezine/comments.asp?ID=1737&issue=12&Volume=8">Charlie Beard's Story & Sheepherders Shack</a> (submitted by Francis R. Melkus) -- "This Sheepherder's shack is located west of Alva, Oklahoma, go about 20 miles West, or One (1) mile West of old Whitehorse and Tegarden, then go One (1) mile North and it sets on the North side of the road at that intersection. From Freedom, Oklahoma go three miles North to Camp Houston turn to the right and go about five miles East, then turn North and go one (1) mile, look for the 'Rock Covered Shack' or 'Bachelor's Pad.' My father, A.C. Melkus said, 'That Charlie Beard was a very unique man. He had no children, yet he was very high on education. He served many years on the Farry School board. My father helped Arch Long bury the severed leg in the Whitehorse cemetery. This web site that I have here is from The Alva Review Courier -- tells his story."

NW Okie - 2007-03-10 20:52:51

The concrete and stone house in western Woods County is known as the shepherd's hut. Bud and Sue Martin are the experts. They know the name of the builder and the house's history. I believe there is some family connection between the builder and Sue Martin. Arden Chaffee also knows about the hut and has proposed that the Cherokee Strip Museum move and restore the hut. I do not know the status of the project.

Jimmy L Richey - 2007-03-10 20:28:17

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