Volume 6 , Issue 39

Wanderings Thru OkieLegacy

"I have enjoyed reading where they are from so far. You have touched so many lives and brought so much information to so many. I love just wandering around looking at the old Castle on the Hill and reading about the Murders. The POW camp really intrigues me too. I am positive we had an escapee from there pass though our farm back in the mid-40's. He was an older man (to me then) maybe 60 or so.

Our farm was a half mile off the road and never did we have any beggars stop before. He wore a denim jacket in the heat of the summer and spoke broken English. When he asked how far Wakita was away, we told him 12 miles. He said "do you mean 12 meters?"

Mama was very suspicious and said when we two girls got close to the coat he took off and laid down when he drank his milk and ate a roll mama gave him, he became agitated. Many years later, we heard about a former escaped prisoner that wrote a book about his escape and trip across the US. We wondered if he was the author." -- Lois   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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