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Eagle
Scout Conner Vogel will be refurbishing the original Smokehouse at The
Morrow Home Place national historic site
On Oct. 13th Cannon
Vogel along with other scouts from Troop 93 will be working on location
at The Morrow Home Place, Owasso/Collinsville, just off 126th St and
Hwy 169. The home is white with a green roof built in the Kansas T style.
The smokehouse is located at the back of the home. Cannon Vogel's Eagle
Project is the restoration of the original smokehouse.
Young men from the
troop will be cleaning, prepping, painting and re-roofing the smokehouse
during the month of October.
"Cannon has organized the work force and raised most of the money
to refurbish the smokehouse," says Scoutmaster Albert Kemp. "Many
folks have donated materials and supplies," said Cannon. "I'd
really like to say thanks to Clayton Garner from Mill Creek, Owasso
for donating all the lumber needed to replace missing and rotten boards."
"I would also like to thank Wade Dubler from the Owasso Sherwin
Williams store for donating all the paint for the project." Cannon
is still looking for a donor/ donors to help with the purchase of the
wooden shingles for the roof. The smokehouse has always had wooden shingles
so it would be nice to restore it to its original apperance.
The Morrow Home Place was placed on the National Register of Historic
Places in April, 2011, and Troop 93 began to volunteer shortly thereafter.
"I drove by the old house all the time," said Corey Bolger,
"but never knew anything about the history. It has been fun to
find out all the background." Bolger created a location on the
site for the placement of the historic market. Tyler Cox, another Scout
working toward the Eagle designation, has determined the location and
original size of the family's garden. "We had to get a fence up
first before we could begin planting," says Cox "and now we
can plant the garden as it looked orginally."
The Troop is looking
for a group of gardners or volunteers to help them plant, work and maintain
the garden. "I would really like for some group to come plant and
then sell the produce, pumpkins, or whatever they grow," said Dr.
Kathleen Morrow, granddaughter of Joe F. (Fagan) and Lucile Ellingwood
Morrow, second owners and long-time residents of the property. "I
would like for the garden to be a community gardent or a garden that
will benefit others," she continues.
Cannon Vogel is
honored to be a part of the restoration of the Morrow Home Place. This
is a wonderful asset to our community. "It feels very gratifying
to preserve a part of our history." said Vogel.
To find out more
about The Morrow Home Place, call 214-893-9331 or go to the website
at: www.morrowhomeplace.com.
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