Oral history interview with Kim, Keith & Todd Smalley
Interviewee
Smalley, Keith ; Smalley, Kim ; Smalley, Todd
Interviewer
Finchum, Tanya
Interview Date
2010-02-21
Farm Name
Hill Haven Farm
County
Payne
About the Farm
In 2004 the Smalleys Hill Haven Farm was designated as an Oklahoma Centennial Farm. In December of 1904 Isaac and Mary Smalley acquired the original 160 acres (the deed was recorded on January 8, 1905) and produced wheat, oats, hay, beef, dairy cattle, swine and chickens.
Abstract
Oklahoma Centennial Farm; Deffenbaugh Homestead Ranch; Arlington, Oklahoma; Lincoln County, Oklahoma; acquiring the land; harvesting bones; original structures; house fire; grandparents; granary; early crops and livestock; cotton; Model A; kinfolk; chores and pets; two-room school; Prague, Oklahoma; blackberries; garden; canning; butchering; smells; tractor; Red Cross barn dances; farmhouse; windmill; electricity; bath time; grandmothers; farm operations; Tinker Air Force Base, work off the farm; dairy; beef business; meeting spouse; picking cotton; canning; cellar; tornado; ranching full-time; hired help; current structures; Depression; Highway 99; pecans; ponds; Deer Creek; holidays; lemonade; terracing; daughters; next 100 years; and land trust.
Description
Keith, Kim and Todd Smalley were interviewed February 21, 2010 as part of the Oklahoma Centennial Farm Families Oral History Project.
Oklahoma Oral History Research Program-Oklahoma State University
Collection
Oklahoma Centennial Farm Families
Interview Number
OCF_016
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.
In 2004 the Smalleys Hill Haven Farm was designated as an Oklahoma Centennial Farm. In December of 1904 Isaac and Mary Smalley acquired the original 160 acres (the deed was recorded on January 8, 1905) and produced wheat, oats, hay, beef, dairy cattle, swine and chickens.
Description
Kim, Todd, and Keith Smalley
Digital Format
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Digital Publisher
Oklahoma Oral History Research Program-Oklahoma State University
Collection
Oklahoma Centennial Farm Families
Interview Number
OCF_016
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.