Peanut crops weren't harvested because they were wet from contaminated floodwater. Frank Keating, Oklahoma's Governor, had requested that the Federal Emergency Management Agency help with the staggering costs of rebuilding and repairing, following this year's fire and flooding disasters. In November, Oklahoma was classified a level 4 disaster, required for Federal aid. I joined other trained Red Cross personnel and our team was dispersed from Chickasha headquarters to Anadarko. The population of 6,596 includes 54.34 percent white and 34.73 percent Native American people.
Some resident tribes are Caddo, Wichita, Apache, Kiowa, Comanche and Delaware.
Will Rogers was Cherokee. The drive from our hotel in Chickasha to Anadarko takes 40 minutes and along the way I saw bright red soil in sharp contrast to gently rolling, vivid green landscape. Clumps of parasitic vegetation with tiny white berries dominate many trees. These bunches of Mistletoe are frequently harvested. We worked from the Anadarko service center set up in the basement of a Christian Center.