Oklahoma historical sites celebrate dedication of pioneer women

 
BY MAX NICHOLS
Published: August 29, 2010

As pioneer families began to settle on farms and in towns and cities of what is now Oklahoma more than a century ago, homemakers struggled to cook, wash and sew clothes and make quilts while keeping their homes clean.

Many settled in sod houses, or soddies, such as the one in the Sod House Museum now preserved by the Oklahoma Historical Society near Cleo Springs . Marshal McCully built that two-room house ...


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