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Henrietta Gertrude "Gertie" YORK married James Nathaniel "Jim" COST on August 21, 1887 in Rusk Co., TX, and it was recorded in the COST family Bible. They moved to Cache, OK and had a big turkey farm and big patches of alfalfa where the turkey's were turned in as the "bug control." No one ever said that a turkey was especially smart, and it was a dreaded chore to have to go out in the evening to try to herd those dumb turkeys back to the pens. Their farm was nestled in the foothills of the Wichita Mountains. It had a creek running through it, and you could often see one or more of the wives of Chief Quannah Parker doing their laundry on the bank, and rocks of the creek. Quannah Parker had a large house just over the hill a ways from the COST house. In the foyer, stood a large cabinet with a glass door on it, and inside it was hung the hugh feather head-dress that Quannah Parker once wore. Bonnie YORK, the niece of Gertie YORK, would often go down on the banks of the creek with Tau Pai, one of the wives of Quannah Parker, and sit and watch as she did her laundry. Bonnie couldn't speak Tau Pai's language, nor could Tau Pai speak English, but they always managed to communicate with each other. With eleven children of their own, and their niece Bonnie YORK to raise, it was nothing to have to kill 6 or 8 hens for Sunday dinner. As soon as the boys were big enough, they went into the fields with "Pa" COST. The girls stayed at the house with Gertie to do the washing, cleaning and cooking for a bunch of tired, hungry men. As tall as Pa COST was as a man, and he stood well over 6' 4", Gertie YORK COST was small. Her men dwarfed her in size, but no one ever challenged her word. Pa COST rarely ever raised his voice, but when he did, everyone listened. He demanded respect from his children, and he got it. It was nothing for the big two story house with a big wrap-around porch to be running over with company. Everyone enjoyed a visit at the home of Jim and Gertie COST. In the fall of the year, Jim COST and his boys would kill a few hogs to eat and the rest were used to sell to buy the shoes, clothes, and school supplies his children would need, and the grocery staples that the farm didn't produce. The COST were not a wealthy family, but considered "comfortable" by the community. Their house has been moved now to make way for the National Reserve at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. Hope you will email me at reba@simplynet.net if you feel we might be working on the same line. Thanks!
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