From left to right, Hiram Rufus standing by teams, Bert Smith and Vern sitting in wagon, Walter, Ethel sitting astride the horse, Gene, Gertrude holding her baby (Mildred Smith) and Isabelle Hearn Bridenstine.
Hiram Rufus Bridenstine's homestead. Photo is of the family farm in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, taken about 1906. Home was probably new. Hiram with his horses. All of his family is present along with Amy Gertrude's husband Bert Smith and her daughter Mildred. Bert Smith died in a mining accident in Goldfield Colorado in 1908. (Abt 1906)