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| Title | Oral history interview with Romeyn & Hortense Ninness |
| Interviewee | Ninness, Romeyn ; Ninness, Hortense |
| Interviewer | Finchum, Tanya |
| Interview Date | 2009-05-11 |
| Farm Name | Israel Royer Homestead |
| County | Lincoln |
| About the Farm | The Israel Royer Homestead was designated an Oklahoma Centennial Farm in 1991. The property has been occupied by a member of the Royer family for over 100 years now. According to Hortense Royer Ninness, prior to 1888, her grandfather, Israel Royer, came to Indian Territory as an agriculturist for the government and planted the fruit orchard on the allotted land of the home of the Chief of Sac and Fox tribe. Shortly thereafter the Chief moved out of the brick home believed to have been built by the Sac and Fox agency and when the property became part of the 1889 land run, Mr. Royer became the new owner of the home and the land. Hortense Royer Ninness was born on the farm in 1912 and continues to live on the land. Her son, Romeyn, was also born on the farm and is the current owner. |
| Description | Romeyn & Hortense Ninness were interviewed May 11, 2009 as part of the Oklahoma Centennial Farm Families Oral History Project. |
| Digital Publisher | Oklahoma Oral History Research Program-Oklahoma State University |
| Collection | Oklahoma Centennial Farm Families |
| Interview Number | OCF_006_1 |
| Rights Management | This material may not be copied or reproduced without permission. For more information, contact the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at liboh@okstate.edu or call 405-744-7685. |
Description
| Title | Full Interview |
| Interviewee | Ninness, Romeyn |
| Interviewer | Finchum, Tanya |
| Interview Date | 2009-05-11 |
| Farm Name | Israel Royer Homestead |
| County | Lincoln |
| About the Farm | The Israel Royer Homestead was designated an Oklahoma Centennial Farm in 1991. The property has been occupied by a member of the Royer family for over 100 years now. According to Hortense Royer Ninness, prior to 1888, her grandfather, Israel Royer, came to Indian Territory as an agriculturist for the government and planted the fruit orchard on the allotted land of the home of the Chief of Sac and Fox tribe. Shortly thereafter the Chief moved out of the brick home believed to have been built by the Sac and Fox agency and when the property became part of the 1889 land run, Mr. Royer became the new owner of the home and the land. Hortense Royer Ninness was born on the farm in 1912 and continues to live on the land. Her son, Romeyn, was also born on the farm and is the current owner. |
| Abstract | Oklahoma Centennial Farm; Israel Royer Homestead; Romeyn Ninness, great-grandson; Lincoln County, Oklahoma; Davenport, Oklahoma; acquiring the land; Israel Royer family; the Hortense Royer Ninness family; main crops were corn, cotton, and sweet potatoes; Grandpa Royer known as the sweet potato king; water tank; sweet potato hot beds; grafting pecan trees; apple orchard; milking cows; dairy; chickens and eggs; ice storm; sorghum mill; peddling food; Depression; sharecroppers; Gulf Oil Company; grandparents; Highway 66; WPA water spiels; WPA schoolhouse; North Slope School; parents; Model T truck; grandfather collected oil drip and made gasoline to sell; poll tax; WPA road project; Deep Fork River; moving dirt with horses and slips to build levy for bridge; fire; hoeing cotton; pecans and peanuts; wheat and barley; hogs; FDA regulations; Borden Milk; agricultural agents; holidays working in the pecan grove; water; pond; hand-dug well; 350 gallon water tank; coal oil lamps; Rural Electric; electric bucket milker; Grandpa Royer was a dray driver; barn; sheep; blacksmith shop; smokehouse; sweet potato barn; FFA; land trust; cellar; snow through the shingles; number 3 washtub and bathing; and turtles for food. |
| Description | Full Transcript |
| Digital Format | application/.pdf |
| Streaming Server Audio | mms://nilu.library.okstate.edu/OCF_006_1_audio |
| Digital Publisher | Oklahoma Oral History Research Program-Oklahoma State University |
| Collection | Oklahoma Centennial Farm Families |
| Interview Number | OCF_006_1 |
| Rights Management | This material may not be copied or reproduced without permission. For more information, contact the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at liboh@okstate.edu or call 405-744-7685. |
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