Doc Wood's Stories of a Lifetime

• About the author
• Eulogy by Doc's daughter Evelyn
• Eulogy by Doc's son Harold Jr.

This website contains a collection of Doc Wood's fascinating and often funny stories of growing up in Oklahoma at statehood, travels to India, tales of veterinary practice in California, and other adventures and philosophy.

Growing up in Oklahoma

• Fourth of July on a Quarter (1917)
• Ghostly Torments - and the cure for hiccups!
• Tattle Tale - Two ways to get in trouble!
• I know! - Coon Hunting in December and falling in the freezing creek!
• My Early School Days
• Cotton Harvest, 1908 - A remarkable Photograph Explained
• Keokuk
• Run for Your Life! - Texas Longhorn's Stampede!
• Christmas in July
• Let Me See Ya! - How a blind man can really see
• Duck for Dinner - A High School Date
• Smuggled On The Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad - A high school kid hitches his wagon to the stars!
• "I'll Never Look Back" - Leaving the family farm with only the clothes on his back
• Positive Mental Expectations - How could an Oklahoma Farm boy ever go to college?

Going Out West

• Celebrating with Cherished Friends - Riggins, Idaho, 1928
• Bee Stings, Cactus Spines, and Porcupine Quills - Introduction to Beekeeping

California Stories of Veterinary Practice

• Dubbie - A doubting farmer and a dying hog.
• Horse Fits
• Miracles Do Happen
• Jiggy Swallowed my Diamond Ring

Stories of a Veterinarian in India

• To India We Go
• Dr. Wood's India Veterinary Work described in his Letter from Assam - see photos of Dr. Wood and his patient - a camel!
• Adventures in Northeast India
• Wilderness Clinic - Doc Wood performs surgery on an elephant in the jungle!
• Jungle Adventure - Wildlife of Northeast India
• India's Jaws of Death
• Nehru visits Assam
• Tiger Tiger!
• Farewell to Assam

Other Adventures and Philosophy

• Listen, Then Act - Early Childhood Experiences Taught me this Lesson in Life
• The Wood Family Tree -- (poetry)
• The Wonders of Flying
• The Joys of Beekeeping (with Photos)
• The Things I Cherish

Photo Album

• Cotton Harvest, 1908 124 K - (A larger version of the photo in Doc Wood's story,Cotton Harvest, 1908)
• Dr. Wood at his Oregon State College Graduation in 1934
• Dr. Wood with his family (wife Eva, daughter Evelyn, son Harold), mid 1950's
• Dr. Harold Wood, 1962 in India (age 57) (same photo as top of Home Page)
• Dr. Wood with his camel patient
• Dr. Wood standing next to camel
• Dr. Harold Wood, 1987 (age 82) portrait
• Dr. Wood "smoking" his hive of bees
• Dr. Wood with his hives and beekeeping equipment
• 1987 Coos Bay Fishing Trip
• Dr. Wood at his 90th Birthday Party
• A different photo of Dr. Wood at his 90th birthday party - Color!
• Dr. Wood with his son Harold and daughter Evelyn, at L'Hirondelle Restaurant, San Juan Capistrano, 1995 - Color!

Doc Wood's Stories of a Lifetime
© Copyright 1998 by Harold Wm. Wood

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These pages are maintained by Dr. Wood's son, Harold W. Wood, Jr., of Visalia, California.
My e-mail address is: harold@planetaryexploration.net

My home page is:  Planet Patriot

My photo pages are: Muir Power Photo Albums

Last update:  September 13, 2003