Celebrating a Century of Oklahoma Pecan Education, Promotion, and Culture
Long before Oklahoma became a state, pecans were an important commodity for Indigenous peoples living in the territory. Groups would migrate for buffalo hunting and then return for the pecan harvest, recognizing pecans as an important source of nutrition during the fall and winter months. Newspapers from the 1820s describe Creek and Seminole people gathering...
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Native Pecans Garner Attention at Oklahoma Field Day
On a cool, windy afternoon, around 170 attendees participated in the Native Field Day held at Leon and Judy Bailey’s Pecan Farm. The Baileys, with their four kids and their families, own and operate a native pecan/cattle operation on over 600 acres in the Okfuskee County area (east-central Oklahoma). Their pecan barn is near Paden,...
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