Cherokee Outlet Cowboy Talk, Sod House Museum

Jana Brown will present an overview of the life of a cowboy in the Cherokee Outlet at the Sod House Museum on Saturday, September 17, at 10 am. Her program will feature a review of the book Cherokee Outlet Cowboy.

Brown will discuss cattle ranching in the Cherokee Outlet prior to land openings and white settlement. In addition to a history of cattle ranching during this era, Brown will review the book Cherokee Outlet Cowboy written by Laban Samuel Records and edited by Ellen Jayne Maris Wheeler. In the book, Records wrote about his life as a lineman on the T5 and Spade ranches in the outlet prior to the land run. His narrative includes rich descriptions of the landscape and fauna of the region prior to settlement and describes the duties and everyday lives of cowboys.

Professor Jana Brown is the Social Science Education Coordinator and an instructor at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. She is currently seeking a PhD in history at Oklahoma State University.