In this episode, How Curious host Rachel Hopkin visits the Moore-Lindsay Historical House Museum in Norman, Oklahoma. The first glimmerings of Norman as a named place began with a government survey team, then grew as it became a stop on the railroad. Then came the 1889 land run which turned Norman into a city virtually overnight. Ten years the Moore-Lindsay House was built. Rachel explores what the house - plus what is known about its early residents - tells us about life in the young city well over a century ago.
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Mr and Mrs Moore stand to the left; Mr and Mrs Lindsay with their daughter Agnes are in the buggy.
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The formal parlour of the Moore-Lindsay House
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One of the dining chairs embroidered by Mrs. Lindsay
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The family dining room
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The primary bedroom
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Inside the turret room
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Rachel Hopkin (left) and Amy Pence at the Moore-Lindsay Historic House Museum
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Painting of the Moore-Lindsay House by artist Ray Heard
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Bill Wantland standing next to a dining table and chairs set that belonged to his grandparents, the Lindsays
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Bill Wantland as an infant
Download the episode transcript here.
The Moore-Lindsay Historic House Museum website can be accessed here.
