Carrie's quilt "Broom Factory Lexington Oklahoma"

In the video, Linda Ruth asks Carrie if Lexington had a "Broom Factory".   Carrie says, "yes, it was on the north side of the street on top of the hill across from the stand pipe."  

Since there wasn't anymore information on this Broom Factory, I did a google search and found out that the first broom factory appeared in Oklahoma after the Cherokee Outlet Land Run.   Broom corn grew well in Oklahoma and the state was the leader in the production of it from 1915-1946.  The broom brush was baled and then shipped to the various factories in Oklahoma and around the country.  Lindsey, Ok became the broom "capitol of the world", so it looks like the broom factory in Lexington had a close source for its product.  Unless farmers around Lexington provided the broom corn it needed. 

Check out this website for more history on broom corn in Oklahoma and several pictures.  

 https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=BR024&l=

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