Abandoned houses always make me a little sad. I always wonder, what happened to the people who lived here, their hopes and dreams. Was this a tragedy or did they move on to better life? There are a lot of sad stories out here in the panhandle and plains of Oklahoma and Texas. This house is about 50 miles west of Woodward, Oklahoma. I first found it in 2008. I didn't have a camera that day. I went inside the house and on the back wall, still somewhat visible I found a message that said:
We had many great years here, my daddy built this house but the lord has other plans for us. The dust, the sand, and the wind won't stop. Most days now you can't keep the dirt outside. Nothing will grow and most of the live stock has died. I buried my daddy last week and my husband left us. We are leaving for California this day June 12, 1933.
-Mary May and Ron and Sally May.
When next I came through,maybe six month latter I had a camera but the wall of the house it was written on had fallen in. I did a little digging but I was never able to find anything about what happened to these people. I suppose the migrated much like the Joad's did in the Grapes of Wrath.
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