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Indian Pioneer Papers - Index

Indian Pioneer History Project For Oklahoma
Date:
Name: Freeman O. Pickle
Residence: Red Oak, Oklahoma
Date of Birth: January 25, 1906
Place of Birth: Ashland, Indian Territory
Parents: J. R. Pickle and Zelah Vaughn Pickle
Race: White
Questionnaire - page 340

Mr. Pickle's Story:

In 1877, my grandfather came to the old GRIFFITH Stand near present Monroe, Okla. My father was 5 weeks old. They rode the train most of the way and rode the ferry across the Miss. R. They came from Mississippi.

My grandfather, Jerome R. Pickle built one of the first cotton gins in the I. T. at the old Griffith Stand. He used the mule or horse for power, as he (horse) would be driven 'round and round'.

I am familiar with the location of a number of old Indian and family burial grounds in this part of Oklahoma.

I have what I consider to be one of the most interesting and complete collections of Indian relics that I have ever seen.

I, personally, gathered almost every item in this collection from old battlefields (Indian) and camp grounds of Southeastern Oklahoma.

The collection includes arrowheads, spearheads, ornaments, mortars and pestles, tomahawks and a few unidentified articles.

Transcribed and submitted by Peggy Joice Horton wphor@sbcglobal.net March 2002.