Saturday, September 14, 2013

Oklahoma town to rebuild Guthrie's boyhood home

This Aug. 22, 2013, photo shows a replica of sorts fashioned from wood from Woody Guthrie's childhood home at the Okfuskee County History Center in Okemah, Okla. Developers working with the blessing of Guthrie’s relatives have announced plans to rebuild his 1860s-era boyhood home in Okemah, a town of 3,300 people about an hour’s drive south of Tulsa. Guthrie’s dilapidated boyhood home was ordered torn down in the late 1970s. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) OKEMAH, Okla. (AP) — When Woody Guthrie's dilapidated boyhood home was ordered torn down in the late 1970s, the demolition reflected the strained relationship between conservative Oklahoma and the native son famous for his folk singing and progressive politics.








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