Fricks Helped Build Area. The man who built the Spaulding Bridge, erected the old standpipe, and cleared the site for Greenhill Cemetery was important in the growth of Muscogee.
... Teck Fricks recently provided me with the following information concerning his father, C.W. Fricks, and his grandfather, N.B. Fricks.
C.W. Fricks was born Sept. 17, 1873 in Georgia. He came to Indian Territory in 1892. He married Ida Mae Hensley Oct. 15, 1899. He met Ida Mae while attending socials at Indian University (Bacone College). She had worked at the school since her 14th birthday.
After their marriage, they set up housekeeping in a two room log cabin on the Spaulding Ranch.
While working on the ranch, Fricks built the Spaulding Bridge north of Muscogee across the Arkansas River. This bridge was the first bridge across any of the rivers in this vicinity ...
While constructing the bridge, a flood caused the hole for the pier on the south end of the bridge to be filled with water. According to Teck Fricks, the water was bailed out with a gallon bucket, taking considerable time. At the bottom of the hole, they found a 32-pound flathead catfish. Ida Mae cooked the fish, along with plenty of cornbread, and invited all the neighbors to the fish fry.
... N.B. Fricks, the father of C.W., was one of the developers of Greenhill Cemetery...
Tack said that during ferryboat days, a flag was hoisted on a flagpole mounted on a mound north of Bacone College when someone wanted to be transported across the river. Persons wanting to go to Fort Gibson or Tahlequah would be taken to the east side of the Grand River, and persons going to Tulsa were transported to an area between the Grand and the Verdigris rivers.
C.W. also built the wooden bridge north of Jobe School. ...
C.W. farmed on the place of B.C. Tarvin for 20 years, and Teck farmed it another 20 years. During the winter C.W. hauled cord wood to the various merchants to fire their boilers. He says that on numerous occasions, he crossed the Arkansas River, which was frozen hard enough to support the load of wood. There are several stories of this sort from old timers. Who says it didn't get cold in those days? [photo C W Fricks
... Teck Fricks recently provided me with the following information concerning his father, C.W. Fricks, and his grandfather, N.B. Fricks.
C.W. Fricks was born Sept. 17, 1873 in Georgia. He came to Indian Territory in 1892. He married Ida Mae Hensley Oct. 15, 1899. He met Ida Mae while attending socials at Indian University (Bacone College). She had worked at the school since her 14th birthday.
After their marriage, they set up housekeeping in a two room log cabin on the Spaulding Ranch.
While working on the ranch, Fricks built the Spaulding Bridge north of Muscogee across the Arkansas River. This bridge was the first bridge across any of the rivers in this vicinity ...
While constructing the bridge, a flood caused the hole for the pier on the south end of the bridge to be filled with water. According to Teck Fricks, the water was bailed out with a gallon bucket, taking considerable time. At the bottom of the hole, they found a 32-pound flathead catfish. Ida Mae cooked the fish, along with plenty of cornbread, and invited all the neighbors to the fish fry.
... N.B. Fricks, the father of C.W., was one of the developers of Greenhill Cemetery...
Tack said that during ferryboat days, a flag was hoisted on a flagpole mounted on a mound north of Bacone College when someone wanted to be transported across the river. Persons wanting to go to Fort Gibson or Tahlequah would be taken to the east side of the Grand River, and persons going to Tulsa were transported to an area between the Grand and the Verdigris rivers.
C.W. also built the wooden bridge north of Jobe School. ...
C.W. farmed on the place of B.C. Tarvin for 20 years, and Teck farmed it another 20 years. During the winter C.W. hauled cord wood to the various merchants to fire their boilers. He says that on numerous occasions, he crossed the Arkansas River, which was frozen hard enough to support the load of wood. There are several stories of this sort from old timers. Who says it didn't get cold in those days? [photo C W Fricks
Fricks Helped Build Area. The man who built the Spaulding Bridge, erected the old standpipe, and cleared the site for Greenhill Cemetery was important in the growth of Muscogee.
... Teck Fricks recently provided me with the following information concerning his father, C.W. Fricks, and his grandfather, N.B. Fricks.
C.W. Fricks was born Sept. 17, 1873 in Georgia. He came to Indian Territory in 1892. He married Ida Mae Hensley Oct. 15, 1899. He met Ida Mae while attending socials at Indian University (Bacone College). She had worked at the school since her 14th birthday.
After their marriage, they set up housekeeping in a two room log cabin on the Spaulding Ranch.
While working on the ranch, Fricks built the Spaulding Bridge north of Muscogee across the Arkansas River. This bridge was the first bridge across any of the rivers in this vicinity ...
While constructing the bridge, a flood caused the hole for the pier on the south end of the bridge to be filled with water. According to Teck Fricks, the water was bailed out with a gallon bucket, taking considerable time. At the bottom of the hole, they found a 32-pound flathead catfish. Ida Mae cooked the fish, along with plenty of cornbread, and invited all the neighbors to the fish fry.
... N.B. Fricks, the father of C.W., was one of the developers of Greenhill Cemetery...
Tack said that during ferryboat days, a flag was hoisted on a flagpole mounted on a mound north of Bacone College when someone wanted to be transported across the river. Persons wanting to go to Fort Gibson or Tahlequah would be taken to the east side of the Grand River, and persons going to Tulsa were transported to an area between the Grand and the Verdigris rivers.
C.W. also built the wooden bridge north of Jobe School. ...
C.W. farmed on the place of B.C. Tarvin for 20 years, and Teck farmed it another 20 years. During the winter C.W. hauled cord wood to the various merchants to fire their boilers. He says that on numerous occasions, he crossed the Arkansas River, which was frozen hard enough to support the load of wood. There are several stories of this sort from old timers. Who says it didn't get cold in those days? [photo C W Fricks
... Teck Fricks recently provided me with the following information concerning his father, C.W. Fricks, and his grandfather, N.B. Fricks.
C.W. Fricks was born Sept. 17, 1873 in Georgia. He came to Indian Territory in 1892. He married Ida Mae Hensley Oct. 15, 1899. He met Ida Mae while attending socials at Indian University (Bacone College). She had worked at the school since her 14th birthday.
After their marriage, they set up housekeeping in a two room log cabin on the Spaulding Ranch.
While working on the ranch, Fricks built the Spaulding Bridge north of Muscogee across the Arkansas River. This bridge was the first bridge across any of the rivers in this vicinity ...
While constructing the bridge, a flood caused the hole for the pier on the south end of the bridge to be filled with water. According to Teck Fricks, the water was bailed out with a gallon bucket, taking considerable time. At the bottom of the hole, they found a 32-pound flathead catfish. Ida Mae cooked the fish, along with plenty of cornbread, and invited all the neighbors to the fish fry.
... N.B. Fricks, the father of C.W., was one of the developers of Greenhill Cemetery...
Tack said that during ferryboat days, a flag was hoisted on a flagpole mounted on a mound north of Bacone College when someone wanted to be transported across the river. Persons wanting to go to Fort Gibson or Tahlequah would be taken to the east side of the Grand River, and persons going to Tulsa were transported to an area between the Grand and the Verdigris rivers.
C.W. also built the wooden bridge north of Jobe School. ...
C.W. farmed on the place of B.C. Tarvin for 20 years, and Teck farmed it another 20 years. During the winter C.W. hauled cord wood to the various merchants to fire their boilers. He says that on numerous occasions, he crossed the Arkansas River, which was frozen hard enough to support the load of wood. There are several stories of this sort from old timers. Who says it didn't get cold in those days? [photo C W Fricks
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