Whiteshield Camp
(first rough draft)

 Whiteshield Camp was located one mile north of Hammon. The original Whiteshield Camp was located around the bend of the Washita River toward the northeast and was occupied from the about 1890 to 1934. The map below is shows of the location of both the old camp and new  camp. The new camp is in the bottom center of the diagram.  The old camp is around the bend of the river to the northeast.

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 The Washita flood of 1934 washed the old Whiteshield camp completely away.  The old  camp had permanent houses. The houses were small wood frame buildings that were constructed by the government. The decaying shell of one of the original houses from the old camp is standing today.

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After the Washita flood of 1934, the residents of the Whiteshield camp moved to higher ground near the bend of the river about a half mile southwest of the old camp. The four photographs below show the type houses that existed in the new camp. The dwellings  were constructed of tents, thatch houses and simple one-room wooden buildings.

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Tent house and thatch house.	Sydney Roman Nose's children in front of their summer dwelling. The dwelling is constructed from a tree.
A typical summer thatch dwelling constructed from willow	Roy Whiteman and Frank Barnes. Dwellings in the background are typical of what existed in the camp in the 1950's

The map below is a first rough draft of the Whiteshield Camp as it existed in 1952. The camp began to be vacated in the early 1960's.  By the mid-1960's everyone had moved into Hammon.

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