Hometown, Part Two

Driving along the Will Rogers Turnpike on our way from Tulsa to my hometown of Miami, my preschool son required a potty break, so we exited the toll road at Big Cabin.  He didn’t want to get back on the interstate, so I said we could take the scenic route, driving the old highway through the small towns.  Which also meant a drive through family history.

Vinita–that’s where one grandpa lived at the end of his life.  Afton–that’s where another grandpa went to high school.  Then in Narcissa the...