Monogrammed Brick Stories
Brick: Cope, Mattie, Howard
Contributed by Charlene C. Smith
Mattie Cluck Cope (1892–1985) and Wylie Howard Cope (1886–1969), parents of my father Charlie Howard Cope, descend from families who came to Oklahoma before statehood. The Copes came by wagon, but my grandmother's grandmother, a new widow, had no wagon so she gathered up eight kids and walked to Indian Territory, getting a wagon ride now and then. Eliza Campbell Teel lived in a tent for years. Of their experience my grandmother would later say ...they had a terrible time, but they made it. Mattie and Howard made it too, like so many others, with determination, grit, spirit...and humor. Mattie loved to laugh and always appreciated a good story.
Submitted by Charlene Cope Smith.
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In 2012 the Oklahoma Historical Society invited those who purchased one of the monogrammed bricks paving the Red River Journey at the Oklahoma History Center to share about the person or group their brick honors. Below is a list of those who submitted stories and the message shown on their brick. Use the links below to read the contributed story.
This project was made possible by a generous donation from Catherine B. Wootten.
