to Indian Pioneer Interviews! BUNDY, GEORGE (MRS.) INTERVIEW # 9269 Ophelia D. VESTAL Investigatory November 22, 1937 Interview with Mrs. George BUNDY 202 B Street, Lawton, Oklahoma White Bead Hill In 1893 White Bead Hill was a small inland town located about fourteen miles west of Pauls Valley. This little town consisted of a few stores, a post office, a church and a school. The people were seemingly very happy, doing well here, raising good crops because of the rich soil. Because White Bead Hill was so close to the Washita River many people had large herds of cattle. Their ways of travel were by ox teams, mules and horses. White Bead Hill was the name of a Choctaw Indian man. A white man named Sam GARVIN married a daughter of White Bead Hill. In this family was born a boy and a girl. Mr. GARVIN was a big cowman. He owned the first general merchandise store in this little town. He built a nice home and was considered the wealthiest man in this locality. He would lend the farmers money, taking mortgages on their crops in time of need and would carry the mortgages for several years. George SHULL, a German, rented land from Sam GARVIN. They bought and traded cattle together, being very close friends. One night the German dreamed that he and Sam GARVIN were in Purgatory. Here he saw the devil and a big black kettle turned upside down. The German wanted to see what was under this kettle, so he tried to peep under it and the Bad Man caught him saying, "Don’t look under there, you’ll see Sam GARVIN and he’ll have a mortgage on this place in fifteen minutes." When the dreamer told Mr. GARVIN of his dream, Mr. GARVIN laughed and took it very good natured. He was a very good man and was liked by everyone. The school house was built of logs and had two rooms. The seats were made of split logs resting on short logs at each end, something like benches. The church was of but one room, its seats being the same as for the school and kerosene lamps were used for lighting it. The church at White Bead Hill would have preaching once a month. Submitted by Sandi CARTER If you have questions, you can email Sandi. These graphics were done by Backgrounds by Marie and are her property. If you would like to see other work by her, click on the link below. I would appreciate if you would keep in mind, while visiting this web site and others, that the information found within each page is not to be copied in any manner, or used for profit or public use. The information on this page is the property of the submitter. This page was last updated on December 5, 2001