A century on this land
Our Story
Every acre here has a memory. Here is how the homestead came to be.
An allotment in the Indian Territory
By an Act of Congress, 320 acres in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations were allotted to Oscar Askew, a 22-year-old Choctaw citizen recorded on Census Card No. 343 of the Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes. Certified May 4, 1903, he became the first known owner of the land now known as 1787 Platter Road.
A family puts down roots
Lonnie and Neva Nell Hodge bought the property to start their family farm. Lonnie raised peanuts and cotton, and in later years turned the land to row crops and cattle. They raised three children here — adding barns, gardens, and pecan and fruit trees — building the working homestead where Randy grew up.
The cabin rises again
Randy Hodge, the family’s youngest son, returned home and built the first new cabin on the footprint of the original farmhouse — the beginning of a place where guests can experience the farmstead for themselves, with more cabins planned across the property.
