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| Title | Oral history interview with Wanda Foster |
| Interviewee | Foster, Wanda |
| Interviewer | Nykolaiszyn, Juliana ; Finchum, Tanya |
| Interview Date | 2009-06-05 |
| Farm Name | Foster Farm |
| County | Creek |
| About the Farm | The Foster Farm in Creek County, Oklahoma was designated an Oklahoma Centennial Farm by the Oklahoma Historical Society in 2003. The 160 acres were allotted to Louise Beartail before statehood as part of the Creek Indian allotments distributed by the United States government. Ms. Beartail was a very young child when the land was assigned to her and when she married at the age of 17 in 1920, she and her new husband, Dallas Foster, moved to the land and began raising cotton. |
| Abstract | Oklahoma Centennial Farm; Foster Farm; Creek County, Oklahoma; Creek Indian allotment; acquiring the land; Wanda Foster, daughter-in-law of Louise Beartail Foster; Indian Agency managed the land; farmhouse; cotton; oil wells; oil boom; mineral rights; water wells; cattle; alfalfa; William Bill Foster, former state representative, state labor commissioner; David Boren; ponds and fences; improving the land; current structures; raising exotic animals; black bears; growing up in Calumet, Oklahoma; Outstanding Young Woman of Oklahoma; Outstanding Senior Citizen; Oilton, Oklahoma; Indian Electric Co-op Board of Trustees; Silver City, Oklahoma; hay and grass; cattle; graduate of Oklahoma A & M; home economics; class of 1958; next 100 years; oil field pipes; Buckeye Creek; spring fed creek; fried chicken; moving to the farm; quilting; and gardening. |
| Description | Wanda Foster was interviewed June 5, 2009 as part of the Oklahoma Centennial Farm Families Oral History Project. |
| Streaming Server Audio | mms://nilu.library.okstate.edu/OCF_011_audio |
| Digital Publisher | Oklahoma Oral History Research Program-Oklahoma State University |
| Collection | Oklahoma Centennial Farm Families |
| Interview Number | OCF_011 |
| 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 | Bears |
| Interviewee | Foster, Wanda |
| Interview Date | 2009-06-05 |
| Farm Name | Foster Farm |
| County | Creek |
| About the Farm | The Foster Farm in Creek County, Oklahoma was designated an Oklahoma Centennial Farm by the Oklahoma Historical Society in 2003. The 160 acres were allotted to Louise Beartail before statehood as part of the Creek Indian allotments distributed by the United States government. Ms. Beartail was a very young child when the land was assigned to her and when she married at the age of 17 in 1920, she and her new husband, Dallas Foster, moved to the land and began raising cotton. |
| Description | Huggy and Snuggy, bears raised on the farm. |
| Digital Format | image/.jpg |
| Digital Publisher | Oklahoma Oral History Research Program-Oklahoma State University |
| Collection | Oklahoma Centennial Farm Families |
| Interview Number | OCF_011 |
| 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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