By Erk Sietsema
Visitors to the Big Sandy Historical Society Museum are greeted by a display of arrowheads as they walk down the ramp into the larger display area. The framed array of triangular, notched stone artifacts sits alongside Native American clothing and other objects collected in the Big Sandy area. A small printed sign beneath the display notes that the assortment was “Collected on the Lonesome Prairie by Glenn and Anita Cook.” I’ve walked past that exhibit for more than a decade without wondering about the story behind it. The Cooks are longtime Big Sandy residents who farm in the...
