Irwin Auto

The history of Irwin Auto Companies and the Irwin family, who have made Oklahoma their home since the 1890s, is foremost a story of vision and hard work. The success of the family continues today and is a clear reminder of the proud heritage that has led them throughout the twentieth century. The family's first glimpse of Oklahoma began as Grant Ch... ambers Irwin left his home in Pennsylvania at the age of twenty-two in a Conestoga wagon bound for Vancouver , Washington . Grant joined his sister, Martha Jane Irwin Fogle, and her husband, Adam Fogle, in May of 1887 on the 3,000 mile journey along the Ozark Trail. The trail took them through the tall prairie grass of present day Lincoln Country, Oklahoma , where Grant would later buy a farm in 1894. Upon their arrival in Washington State , Adam Fogle acquired a sawmill. Grant Irwin worked alongside Fogle in the sawmill until it was damaged by fire and the men were forced out of business. Having encountered such bad luck in Washington , Fogle and his wife had recently heard of the upcoming land run in Oklahoma and immediately set out for the event. Fogle was a Sooner among Sooner. He homesteaded a pre-selected site four miles east and one mile south of the present site of Meeker. Grant Irwin remained in the Northwest, investing all of his earnings in the purchase of cattle. He traveled with his herd in a rail car to the Chicago Stockyards. While in Chicago he attended the 1893 World's Fair.Read More