In the summer of 1909 the Abernathy brothers set off alone on horseback, riding from their Cross Roads Ranch in Tillman County to Santa Fe, New Mexico and back. Louie (Bud) was nine years old. Temple was only five.
On April 5, 1919, with Bud and . . . — — Map (db m120036) HM
On North 9th Street at W Floral Ave on North 9th Street.
Horse Creek School built in 1902 four miles north and seven miles east of Manitou, Oklahoma, served as a school until 1946. For a while in the 1960's it became North Deep Red Baptist Church. In 1977 the building was given to the Frederick Rotary . . . — — Map (db m287555) HM
On East 1st Street (U.S. 70) at Main Street, on the left when traveling west on East 1st Street.
When Kiowa-Comanche-Apache lands in Oklahoma opened to white settlement 1901, there were 505,000 acres reserved as grazing lands. This area became known as Big Pasture. Most of region leased for cattle ranching. Because of soil’s fertility, white . . . — — Map (db m282381) HM
On State Highway 5 0.1 miles west of N 2330 Road, on the right when traveling east.
President Theodore Roosevelt arrived by train, in Frederick, Oklahoma, on April 5, 1905. The President came to join famed wolf hunter, Jack “Catch ‘em Alive” Abernathy, on a wolf hunting expedition. More than 5,000 excited citizens . . . — — Map (db m108858) HM
On Oklahoma Route 5 south of County Road E1770, on the right when traveling north.
On April 5, 1910, 9 year old Bud and 5 year old Temple Abernathy, left the Crossroads Ranch near Frederick, Oklahoma, and traveled alone on horseback to New York City. Their father, Jack Abernathy, a close friend of President Theodore Roosevelt, . . . — — Map (db m120033) HM
