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DR. H. M. WHEELER
Vol. 3, p. 1340
Book has photo

DR. H. M. WHEELER belongs to an interesting group of men in Oklahoma
whose early training was on the cattle ranches of the prairie country
and whose ambitions led them from the free life of the plains to the
stores and offices of successful business and professional men. The
ranch experiences of Doctor Wheeler were confined to that beautiful
region of the state once known as the Cherokee Strip, the home ranch
being established by his father in Woods County shortly after the
opening of the strip in 1893, when there were wide grazing ranges and
few settlers.

As a youth Doctor Wheeler engaged in all the activities of the
typical cowboy, such as roping and branding cattle, breaking broncos
and participation in roundups and long drives. While he was thus
engaged he became a member of a party of specially deputized citizens
that sought to rid that region of the notorious outlaws, YEAGER and
BLACK, who had committed man crimes and depredations both in Kansas
and Oklahoma. The chase that he participated in resulted in Black
being killed near Geary, Oklahoma, while Yeager received a wound from
which he died at Enid, a few days later.

Doctor Wheeler was born at Wichita, Kansas, in 1887, and is a son of
Otha and Frances (CLINE) Wheeler. His father, who was a native of
Missouri, became an early settler of Kansas and a pioneer of the
Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma, as formerly related. For a number of
years he was successfully engaged in ranching in Woods County, but
has now retired from active labors and he and Mrs. Wheeler are now
living in their comfortable home at Ames, Oklahoma. There were three
children the family of Otha and Frances Wheeler: Dan, who is a
successful business man of Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Pearl MITCHELL,
who lives in Kansas; and H. M., of this review.

The early education of Doctor Wheeler was secured in the public
schools of Wichita, following which he completed his primary
education in the public institutions of Oklahoma. He furthered his
literary training by attendance at Phillips University, Enid,
Oklahoma and subsequently enrolled as a student at the Carver School
of Chiropractics, at Oklahoma City, where he was graduated with the
degree of Doctor of Chiropractics, in 1911. At that time he
immediately entered the practice of his chosen calling at Oklahoma
City, where he remained 1913, then locating at Atoka, from which city
he subsequently came to Coalgate, where he has since been in the
enjoyment of a gratifyingly successful business, attracted to him
through his deep and thorough knowledge of his profession and the
success which he has encountered in a number of complicated cases.

Dr. Wheeler is a member of the State Chiropractors' Association and
his fraternal connections include membership in the local lodge of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a progressive, public-
spirited young man and takes an interest in matters affecting the
welfare of the town. He is interested also in the development of the
oil and gas resources of this section of the state. Doctor Wheeler is
unmarried.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Jack Wood, October 16, 1998.