Augusta Metcalfe

Augusta Metcalfe (November 10, 1881–May 9, 1971) is a 1983 National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame inductee.

Life Augusta Metcalf was born Augusta Isabella Corson on November 10, 1881, in Vermillion, Kansas. Metcalf's parents originated from Pennsylvania. They moved to Illinois briefly. Then they moved to Kansas where Metcalfe was born. Then they moved from Kansas with their four children to Oklahoma in 1886.

In 1886 when they moved to Oklahoma, it was to what is now known as the Oklahoma Panhandle. It was known at that time as No Man's Land, which was being applied to the Public Land Strip. While they lived there, the 1890 Organic Act made the strip part of Oklahoma Territory, which brought it homestead rights.

In 1893, the Corsons claimed a homestead at the mouth of Turkey Creek on the Washita River near Durham, Oklahoma. Durham is in the Western half of Oklahoma Territory which would become Day County. Later it would become Roger Mills County.

Legacy Metcalfe died on May 9, 1971, in Oklahoma.

The former homestead of Augusta Metcalf was made into a museum after her death. The estate is now referred to as the Break O' Day Farm & Metcalfe Museum. The site is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. The acreage of the property is still 640 acres. There are many exhibits on the property.