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Erwin,
Kathryn
&
Nelda
Schad
Dedication
"This
book
is
dedicated
to
my
grandson
Scott
Taylor
Schad.
His
suggestion
that
I
record
the
events
and
happenings
of
my
life
so
that
future
generations
of
Schad's
might
also
share
some
of
the
excitement
of
growing
up
with
Tulsa
prompted
the
writing
of
this
book
I
would
also
like
to
thank
my
son
Charles
and
his
wife
Margaret
and
their
children,
Scott
and
Carolyn,
for
their
helpful
comments
and
suggestions
also
for
editing
and
typing
the
material.
Many
thanks
are
also
due
to
my
good
friends
Christine
Williams,
Mary
Monnich,
and
Iris
Miller
for
their
patience
in
listening
and
reading
back
this
material
during
the
time
of
its
writing.
My
sincere
thanks,
Opal
Preface
"I
was
born
on
October
19,
1900,
in
Tulsa,
Indian
Territory,
United
States
of
America.
Few
people
remain
who
have
lived
here
as
long
as
I
have.
At
the
time
of
this
writing,
I
am
eighty-three
years
old
,
and
except
for
thirty
months,
I
have
lived
here
in
Tulsa
all
of
my
life.
I
have
watched
Tulsa
grow
from
approximately
1390
people
in
1900,
when
I
was
born,
to
the
present
thriving
metropolis
of
nearly
one-half
million
population
in
1983.
It
has
been
a
rewarding
experience
to
witness
the
mushrooming
of
transportation,
communication,
science
and
technology
during
this
exciting
era.
To
the
best
of
my
knowledge,
no
other
generation
has
had
this
chance
to
observe
such
a
mammoth
change
in
lifestyle
and
technology.
I
hope
that
within
the
following
pages
I
can
convey
a
little
of
the
same
feeling
of
excitement
that
I
experienced
in
growing
up
during
these
interesting
and
rapidly
changing
times."
Opal Kern Schad
"There
were
five
land
runs
into
Oklahoma
prior
to
1900.
These
were
the
land
runs
of
1889,
1891,
1892,1893,
and
1895.
The
largest
of
these
was
the
run
of
1893
when
the
Cherokee
Outlet
was
opened.
This
brings
us
to
the
time
when
our
family
made
its
entry.
At
this
point,
it
may
be
well
to
introduce
a
cast
of
characters
and
to
illustrate
their
relative
positions
on
the
family
tree.
The
Glasscock
family
is
known
to
have
owned
land
in
Virginia
as
early
as
1635.
They
were
of
English
descent.
Michael
Kern
came
from
Holland
and
is
known
to
have
been
in
Morgantown,
West
Virginia
in
1772.
He
built
a
stockade
fort
in
the
wilderness
where
Morgantown
now
stands.
The
first
grain
mill
in
the
district
was
also
built
by
Michael
Kern.
My
father,
Charles
Wesley
Kern,
was
born
in
Ridgefarm,
Illinois.
His
father,
Aaron
Kern,
had
a
blacksmith
shop
and
was
also
a
Methodist
preacher.
As
a
young
man,
my
father
worked
in
a
drug
store
and
at
various
other
jobs,
but
he
was
a
building
contractor
by
trade.
He
met
Emma
Harrison
while
visiting
his
sister,
Rachel
Kern
Phelps,
in
Yutan,
Nebraska.
They
met
at
a
dance
and
were
later
married
in
Fremont,
Nebraska,
in
1884.
They
homesteaded
in
Hot
Springs,
South
Dakota.
Because
of
a
drought
and
the
death
of
their
son
Herman
in
a
diphtheria
epidemic,
they
returned
to
Weston,
Nebraska
and
Dad
set
up
a
wagon
shop.
The
Schad,
Dietrich,
Pfrang,
and
Hinz
families
all
came
to
America
during
the
Carl
Schurz
Rebellion
in
Germany
in
1848.
The
Schad
and
Dietrich
families
came
from
Bavaria
and
settled
on
a
farm
near
Valders,
Wisconsin.
The
Pfrang
and
Hinz
families
came
from
Saxony
and
settled
on
a
farm
near
Plymouth,
Wisconsin.
Peter
Schad
grew
up
on
the
family
farm
in
Valders
but
became
a
blacksmith
and
moved
to
Plymouth
where
he
met
and
married
Kathryn
Pfrang.
Now
that
we
have
our
characters
identified
and
in
their
proper
places,
we
can
continue
with
our
story.
The
Land
Run
of
1893
opened
more
than
six
million
acres
for
settlement
and
was
the
largest
of
the
runs.
From
this
point
on
the
material
in
this
book
is
based
upon
the
data
found
in
my
father's
files,
what
he
has
told
me,
and
what
I
have
actually
seen,
heard,
done,
or
felt
in
growing
up
with
Tulsa."
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