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Title
Oxen
Yoke
Subject
Agriculture
Transportation
Yokes
Cattle
Ox teams
Place
Strongsville (Ohio)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Stoughton (Massachusetts)
Description
Asa
Drake
used
this
yoke
on his
journey
to
Strongsville
,
Ohio
. The
handmade
wooden
yoke
was
used
to
join
ox
teams
.
It
measures
56
"
(142.24
cm)
in
length
, the
loops
are
26
"
(
66.04
cm)
from the "
shoulder
" of
yoke
and are
4
"
(10.16
cm)
deep
.
Asa
Drake
was an
early
Strongsville
settler
. He
started
west
from
Stoughton
,
Massachusetts
about
1820
. He
spent
a
year
teaching
school
in
Pompey
,
New
York
. He
moved
on to
Township
#5
,
Range
14
and
purchased
land
.
Drake
returned
to
Stoughton
,
where
his
father
,
Nathan
Junior
Drake
, had
built
a
wagon
for him. He
started
his
trek
to
Strongsville
Township
walking
beside
his
wagon
,
which
was
drawn
by
oxen
joined
by this
yoke
. On his
journey
Drake
stopped
in
Pompey
,
N.Y
. to
marry
Charlotte
Dean
(born
July
18
,
1800)
, a
former
pupil
.
Together
they
made
their
way
to
Strongsville
Township
,
arriving
in
1821
.
Before
settling
on their
own
farm
in the
southeast
section
of the
township
, the
Drakes
stayed
at the
home
of
Apollos
Southworth
,
who
was also from
Stoughton
, and had
arrived
in the
township
in
1818
.
Drake
taught
school
and
received
payment
in
work
done
on his
farm
by the
parents
of his
pupils
.
Date of Original
1820
-
1821
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
Submitting Institution
Strongsville Historical Society
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1240_1038956_001.tif
Image Height
777
Image Width
1567
File Size
361.865 KB
Format
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;
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