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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, 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. |
| Abstract | Oklahoma Centennial Farm; Israel Royer Homestead; Hortense Royer Ninness, born in 1912; Lincoln County, Oklahoma; Stroud, Oklahoma; acquiring the land; Sac and Fox; grandfather was a federal agricultural agent; wild game; mothers family; home of the Chief of the Sac and Fox Nation; Clematis Cemetery; Frisco railroad employee houses; Davenport; wallpaper; traveling to and from Guthrie in early 1900s; Indian Territory; grandfathers death; Sac and Fox reservation; taking care of Grandma; barn and corn crib; describing the old house; hand-hewn rock ledge window ceil; solid walnut stairs; cotton; planting straight rows; lay of the land; 2002 ice storm and pecan trees; ditches; Indian teepees and pow-wows; loom; black walnut tree; dying rags; boiling clothes; making applesauce; dust storm; farming and sharecropping; meeting and dating husband; rural electric; Highway 66 marker; country school; Ford coupe; voting; Roosevelt; rock school building; WPA; oil fields; Depression; peddling produce; pie suppers; decorating pie boxes; sewing; Christmas; acquiring the land; Gypsy Oil Company; Highway 49; brick house; county home demonstration agent; terracing; growing sweet potatoes; making gasoline out of the drip oil; eating turtles, squirrels, and rabbits; swimming; beehives; turkey house; Perchin horses; making sorghum molasses; sharecroppers; poor farm; using chicken feed sacks to make shirts and sheets; medical treatments; cotton mattress; home demonstration women; government furnished material for mattresses and farm women made them; homemade ice cream; ice plant; revival meetings; pecans; fifth generation; quilting; and driving. |
| Description | Audio - Duration 1:52:47 |
| Digital Format | audio/.mp3 |
| Streaming Server Audio | mms://nilu.library.okstate.edu/OCF_006_2_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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