As I have been writing about this Oklahoma Oil Millionaire ( Doc Grisso), I have wondered if Grandpa Bert and Grandma Nina knew him or at least of him. I assumed so since Bert and "Doc" were from the same county in Arkansas. There were four generations of Grissos everywhere in Fulton, County, Arkansas.
One of my favorite treasures is a letter from Grandma Nina to her mother, Estella Smith. The reason I like it so much is that it is signed "Mrs. Bert Grisso". How excited she must have been to be married to Bert. The letter is postmarked from Baggs, Oklahoma. I had been told that Bert and Nina went there on their honeymoon. I have started to wonder if they went there looking for work in a distant relatives oil fields. However, when reading more about "Doc" Grisso, it appears that he may have been just about bankrupt when Bert and Nina made that trip.
While looking for one specific letter, I stopped to read a couple more I found. This is the card Grandma Nina wrote to her parents on her wedding night.
Des Moines, Ia
Jan. 31, 1920
We left Jefferson at 5:50 on the Milwaukee road and arrived here[Des Moines] about (9:00 p.m. We will stay here till 7:30 a.m. tomorrow, and arrive in Kansas City about 3:00 o'clock and leave for West Plains about 5:00.
We will make better connections by staying here tonight.
With love,
Nina L. Grisso
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