Volume 6 , Issue 47

Waynoka Historical Society Publishes Three Local Histories

The Waynoka Historical Society is announcing the publication of three manuscripts which will help preserve the history of Waynoka and Northwest Oklahoma.

Wiley McCollum, MD, is the subject of one of the new books, entitled  Waynoka Wisdom by Richard Green. It is reprinted from the October, 1994, Journal of the Oklahoma Medical Association with permission from the Association. Dr. McCollum was featured as a Leader in Medicine. He was Oklahoma's first board-certified cardiologist - and he used to tell medical students that the most valuable part of his training was the time he spent working at Hutchison's Central Market in Waynoka. The story covers his boyhood years in Waynoka, the war years, and his career in medicine. He graduated from Waynoka High School in 1940.

Early Pioneers of Southern Woods County was written by Eveline Mary Patterson Dow. It is the story of her parents, James and Mollie Patterson, who settled in the Dane community in 1893. The late Robert King, author of Crossing the Cimarron at 21 Crossing , assembled and edited the book after Mrs. Dow's death. Mrs. Dow's Woods County is part of today's Major County. Some of the topics are outlaws, Cantonment, Phroso, Seiling, Orion Store, Fairview, Dane Store and School, Activities, Indians, and many more. For many years, Mrs. Dow recorded history on scraps of paper which have at last been shared and preserved.

Growing Up: A detailed historical account of farm life in Western Woods County, Oklahoma, in the early 1900s was written by Eva Lou Milledge. Dr. Milt Lehr, professor emeritus, NWOSU, assisted Mrs. Milledge with editing and typing. She is an artist as well as a writer, and designed the book's cover. Her line drawings illustrate the book. Mrs. Milledge preserves the details of everyday living in the years following the turn of the twentieth century. Mail-order baby chicks, making sauerkraut, cyclones, and many, many other topics are covered in Mrs. Milledge's wonderful book.

The McCollum story sells for $5.95, Mrs. Dow's Early Pioneers is $8.95, and Mrs. Milledge's Growing Up is $9.95. Crossing the Cimarron by Robert King is $7.95.  Oklahomans should add 9% sales tax. Mail orders may be sent to Waynoka Historical Society, PO Box 193, Waynoka, OK 73860. Add $1.50 for mailing the first book, and $.50 for each additional book. Or add $3.85 for Priority Mail. For further information, call Sandie Olson at (580) 824-5871, or email her at sandieo@pldi.net.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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