George Harris:  

Life George owns Tenkiller Property.com LLC real estate firm, Carol works at Armstrong Bank in Vian I am really not sure of the exact time I was introduced to Lake Tenkiller, but memory starts while I was in High School. Somehow, we were here for a school camp for several days, girls in cabins, fellas in tents, I also remember being introduced to Queenies in Cookson while still in high school. Plus many, many float trips down the upper Illinois River. My first wife's Mother and Brother worked here in the mid 70's on the Lakewood project off Indian Road. We were down quite often and even then my thoughts were how to make a living at the Lake. My first Mother-in-Law was quite the fisherwoman and I will always have a love for her and all the great times we had. I remember a January with snow on the ground and my Mother-in-law calling and telling me that the fish were biting at Tenkiller. In doubt we traveled to the lake, she had arranged an outing with a friend of hers and off we went in VERY COLD across the lake to a Crappie hole, catching all we could stand to catch with snow on the ground. So many more stories! In the 80's Carol and I were quite the campers, and frequented the camp grounds on Lake Tenkiller. My career at the time was becoming financially successful and we were fortunate enough to be able to invest in our first piece of Tenkiller property. Soon after, we built our ¿second home¿. Having children really changes your thought process. When our son Nathan reached the age of 5, we became very motivated to figure out a way to live here full time and raise Nathan in Vian Schools, a much smaller district than where...Expand for more