Volume 13 , Issue 19

Memories - Fairvalley, Freedom, OK

Did you notice the Facebook comment (Apr 27) on our OkieLegacy Ezine site, from an Anonymous user lately? We believe it was from a DEVINE, VINCENTS and HOYLES descendant, who gives his memories of Fairvalley, Oklahoma, "I have always been told that I was the last born resident of Fairvalley, OK. I was actually was born in Alva, while we resided in Fairvalley in Jan 1953. My father John Charles DEVINE worked for the railroad and we lived at Fairvalley in the bunkhouse. At some point we moved into Freedom. I know I was fairly young. I remember my Granddad Henry Devine who lived just south of the town of Fairvalley. Both my dad and granddad are buried in the Fairvalley cemetery. Other tree parts of our family are Vincents and Hoyles. My grandmother Nora Vincent is also buried at Fairvalley.

"I have read, and maybe even from your writings, that Anderson Hoyle had donated the land for the Fairvalley Cemetery to the town of Fairvalley. The first rodeo I attended was in Freedom. I remember a clown on a tire being pulled by a buffalo. The buffalo went to the end of the arena, went over the fence and escaped into the night. I remember the bridge north of Freedom being washed out and picnicking on a sand bar. My mother had received a new picnic basket and we were trying it out. I remember the Canadian River flooding and my mother swimming in the backwater. I remember my first bicycle ride was on a sandy street of Freedom. My mother took off the training wheels and a crash landing was soon to follow. We moved from Freedom sometime in 1958 or 1959. Thank for your writings and keep up the great job you are doing."   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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