Community of Cookson
Cookson Family and Lawley Family
Submitted by: Lynn McDaniel
on 2Sep2009

Photos & Information furnished by Jennifer Sparks

Cookson Store in 1910 when the Griffin-Parnell family owned the store.

Cookson Store in 1915.

Back of the Cookson Store under the Cookson Bluff in the 1920s. 
The Ballew Brothers were the first owners of the store.

Front of the Cookson Store around 1920.

Ferry across the Illinois River (before Lake Tenkiller) at Cookson, probably around 1910


 

Lawley House picture is the house of Bryan and Garnet Wade Lawley, an old Camp Gruber Barracks that was moved
to the site in 1949.  Garnet was from Park Hill OK.  Bryan was the son of John and Susie Lawley. 
The Bryan and Garnet Lawley House is now Lawley House B&B.

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