Traveled by Covered Wagon

Mittie Stephens Cobb pioneer days: I came to G. County, Oklahoma Territory in a covered wagon. Or rather we had 3 wagons with our household goods, feed and farming implements after my husband gained our homestead in the Run, April 19, 1892. Our family of 5, three children ranging in age from 6 months to 4 years, husband and I with bedding and children in one wagon leading. It took 2 weeks for us to come from Stephens Post Office now discontinued between Healdton and Ardmore, Indian Territory on the main Highway.

Our [Chickasaw Nation] permit for 5 years was obtained from Indian Governor Parker. We were allowed all our improvements of 3 room log house, barns, cribs and there was plenty of timber for these and fence rails and posts, which my husband and hands cut and split. Also the logs for all buildings. There was talk of Oklahoma Territory coming in for settlement soon. We raised lots of cotton, wheat and oats. Thousands of bushels at 15 cents a bushel, 18 bales cotton at 6 and 7 cents. The year's produce netted about 3 thousand dollars - horses & stock, chickens, ducks, and furniture with carpets.

My mother had left me her marble top furniture, which was valuable then as well as now, and 3 trunks of fine quilts, blankets and counterpanes that were made on hand loom.

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