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Possibly taken in 1941 looking north, this is a photo of the house,
about a mile or so east of Lenna, Oklahoma, that my mother,
Leora (Morrison) Copeland was borned in. It is basically a wooden framed
house with two bedrooms, a living room, a large dining room, and a
kitchen. The house sits upon a foundation of bricks and large boulders.
To the right on the front porch is the rocking chair that was a favorite
retreat for both grandparents, Major Morrison and Carrie (Wood) Morrison.
Further behind on the right is seen the smoke house where meat was
smoked. At this time I do not know if they even had electricity or even
an ice box (a pre-refrigerator cold storage appliance in which a block
of ice was put and perishables were placed for short term storage).
There is a well on the left side of the house towards the rear where
a door from the kitchen exits. The water had to be drawn from the well.
This was still there in the 1950s when we visited and I had the opportunity
to draw water for cooking. Just north of the well was the door to the
storm shelter. Further north was a wash house where clothes were washed
and were baths could be taken. At some distance north of the wash house
was a barn where the milk cow was kept. Chickens were cooped behind the
wash house (in the 1950s).
Standing in front of the house are my parents, Marshall and Leora Copeland. They were both in high school, Stidham High. They were soon to wed in early 1942 and were married before they graduated.