Memories Of Mary E. Stanton
I was born in Denton County, Texas, July 6, 1873. I moved with my parents to the Indian Territory in 1889. There were three families and three wagons in our caravan. I was in high school when I left Texas and how I wept when I had to leave my friends and come to such a wild country. The parents of the boy I married came as we did, so I soon became reconciled. We camped at Thackerville the first night in the Territory. We crossed Red River on a flat boat at Thacker’s Ferry. We were all afraid of the Indians and none of us slept much that night.