More Miner's Houses At Picher
Photos courtesy of Robert Cox
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This photo and the next one show typical miner's shanties at Picher during the 1920s. This shack is attached to the back of a store and is probably the living quarters of the storekeeper. Notice the water barrels and the bedsheet drying on the clothesline on the porch. A narrow gage railroad track runs by the house and over to the mill. Three more shacks are next to the store. The other group of houses is in west Picher and near the Dorothy Bill mine. This is near where the high school is today. That large building on the horizon may be the C M & R Co. power plant.
This shanty, which is near the ones in the top view, is a typical house of the lead and zinc miner. Notice the laundry being blown by a stiff breeze on this summer day. There is the washtub next to the house and what appears to be a child standing at the door. The roof is of tarpaper and several stovepipes are evident on the roof. Imagine how hot these places were during the summertime.
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Hockerville Honeymoon Cottage
Although they are deplorable by today's standards, women made homes for their families in these grim shacks. Here a newlywed young couple sits in front of their shanty at Hockerville. Photo courtesy of Janis Delk.
