"In the Beginning" by Fred Olds. From postcard from the Oklahoma Territorial Museum.

The Ballad of Lydie Marland

Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-05: Oklahoma · Page 2.12

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Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-05: Oklahoma
Page 2.12

Material type: Magazine Clippings (Newspaper / Clipping)
Description: This is a story about a man who denied to adopt his wife's niece in order to marry her and make her his bride. When he died he left his spouse Lydie Marland penniless.

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