Volume 13 , Issue 15

Roots & Waynoka Historical Society

Sandie Olson (Email: waynokahs@hotmail.com), with the Waynoka Historical Society sent us the following message and a link to the Waynoka OK website. We found this photo on the left in one of our earlier OkieLegacy Ezine volumes.

Sandie says, "One of the fascinating things that we get to do at the Waynoka Historical Society is assist families in researching their history. Recent visitors were from Wisconsin, California and Texas who had come to see the site of the Modar family's home south of the Cimarron River. One of the ancestors had worked at Monfort Drug in Waynoka. The historical society has a photo of Monfort Drug at the north end of Main Street in downtown Waynoka. It might be safe to say that there is no one living who remembers Monforts in Waynoka, but many of your readers, including me, remember Monforts in Alva.

"Other recent visitors were related to one of Waynoka's first mayors, "Butch" Hays, and also the Fox family north of Waynoka and Mr. Herren who had a poultry or produce business in Waynoka. One of their early Waynoka relatives had been a Harvey Girl.

"We are looking forward to the Cherokee Strip Museum Board of Directors tour on Saturday morning, and the Enid genealogy group on Saturday afternoon. Later this month, at the conclusion of the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society in Enid, there will be a bus tour from Enid to Waynoka. We welcome groups and individuals to visit us. For information, call 580-824-5871 or email waynokahs@hotmail.com."   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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