He came to Oklahoma in a covered wagon in 1894.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1937)
Orvo attended his first school in a pioneer sod shanty owned by his teacher. In the summer of 1894, he rode his pony on two 180 mile trips, in company with three prairie schooners and drove a herd of cattle each time from central Kansas to the Woods County, Oklahoma,, Cherokee Strip. While farming and herding cattle on section 33, township 22, range 9, for his parents, he had only four terms of four months school in three different log school houses. The summer of 1899, he attended that year's annual Garfield County Teacher's Institute in Enid, Oklahoma. That autumn and winter of 1899, and 1900, with a county teacher's certificate, he conducted a five month school at the old Spencer Post Office school house south of Lahoma at a wage of $25. per month.
During one of his log school terms he was acquainted with his future wife, Lillian Carlile. Before and after their marriage, Orvo farmed and raised horses and cattle for market. Thereafter he was a carpenter and cabinet maker until he retired in 1947. Then he started his writing hobby which within a short time led him into an entirely new field of endeavor.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1937)
Orvo attended his first school in a pioneer sod shanty owned by his teacher. In the summer of 1894, he rode his pony on two 180 mile trips, in company with three prairie schooners and drove a herd of cattle each time from central Kansas to the Woods County, Oklahoma,, Cherokee Strip. While farming and herding cattle on section 33, township 22, range 9, for his parents, he had only four terms of four months school in three different log school houses. The summer of 1899, he attended that year's annual Garfield County Teacher's Institute in Enid, Oklahoma. That autumn and winter of 1899, and 1900, with a county teacher's certificate, he conducted a five month school at the old Spencer Post Office school house south of Lahoma at a wage of $25. per month.
During one of his log school terms he was acquainted with his future wife, Lillian Carlile. Before and after their marriage, Orvo farmed and raised horses and cattle for market. Thereafter he was a carpenter and cabinet maker until he retired in 1947. Then he started his writing hobby which within a short time led him into an entirely new field of endeavor.
He came to Oklahoma in a covered wagon in 1894.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1937)
Orvo attended his first school in a pioneer sod shanty owned by his teacher. In the summer of 1894, he rode his pony on two 180 mile trips, in company with three prairie schooners and drove a herd of cattle each time from central Kansas to the Woods County, Oklahoma,, Cherokee Strip. While farming and herding cattle on section 33, township 22, range 9, for his parents, he had only four terms of four months school in three different log school houses. The summer of 1899, he attended that year's annual Garfield County Teacher's Institute in Enid, Oklahoma. That autumn and winter of 1899, and 1900, with a county teacher's certificate, he conducted a five month school at the old Spencer Post Office school house south of Lahoma at a wage of $25. per month.
During one of his log school terms he was acquainted with his future wife, Lillian Carlile. Before and after their marriage, Orvo farmed and raised horses and cattle for market. Thereafter he was a carpenter and cabinet maker until he retired in 1947. Then he started his writing hobby which within a short time led him into an entirely new field of endeavor.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1937)
Orvo attended his first school in a pioneer sod shanty owned by his teacher. In the summer of 1894, he rode his pony on two 180 mile trips, in company with three prairie schooners and drove a herd of cattle each time from central Kansas to the Woods County, Oklahoma,, Cherokee Strip. While farming and herding cattle on section 33, township 22, range 9, for his parents, he had only four terms of four months school in three different log school houses. The summer of 1899, he attended that year's annual Garfield County Teacher's Institute in Enid, Oklahoma. That autumn and winter of 1899, and 1900, with a county teacher's certificate, he conducted a five month school at the old Spencer Post Office school house south of Lahoma at a wage of $25. per month.
During one of his log school terms he was acquainted with his future wife, Lillian Carlile. Before and after their marriage, Orvo farmed and raised horses and cattle for market. Thereafter he was a carpenter and cabinet maker until he retired in 1947. Then he started his writing hobby which within a short time led him into an entirely new field of endeavor.
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