Growing up a country girl - McIntosh Democrat

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February 4, 2021

Growing up a country girl

Growing up a country girl on Tiger Mountain in Pierce, OK has pretty much been my whole childhood. Though I was born in Oklahoma City and we lived in Yukon until I was four years old, I never really liked the city vibe. It just wasn?t me. Being a Pierce girl was more my liking, barefoot most of the time, loving all our farm animals and carefree in the country.

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