Talk:Skedee, Oklahoma

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Famous People of SkeDee
Kung Fu (TV series) was based on Kwai Chang Caine. Caine came from China in the mid-to-late 19th century in search of his American half-brother, Daniel, or Danny. Unlike the TV show, Kwai Chang was not wanted by the Chinese government. He was just searching for the brother he had never met. And now the best part... in his research for the new book on The Cain's Ballroom, author, music historian, and Western swing expert John Wooley has discovered that Danny Cain (he had dropped the last "e" by the time Kwai Chang arrived in America) had settled in Skedee, Oklahoma, and was what we would think of now as an "old time fiddler" playing jigs and dance tunes popular at the time.

After giving up more than once, Kwai Chang finally tracked Danny to Oklahoma in the early part of the 20th century. Both were old men by this time. They lived out their lives in the Skedee area, with Kwai Chang becoming a full blood-brother member of the Pawnee Indians. The Cain brothers, and their story, were very popular at the time, with coverage in all the local newspapers.

In the 1920s, oil was discovered on the humble Cain farm, and the brothers had extra money for the first time in their lives. Kwai Chang chose to continue the simple life, but his brother, Daniel Madison Cain, fulfilled his lifelong dream of a real world class dancehall. He purchased a former automobile garage from Tulsa business man Tate Brady, and opened the doors to the dancing public in 1930. And so, The Cain's Ballroom was born. Kwai Chang sat quietly in the back as a young fiddler named Bob Wills took the stage for the first time. Though his brother's vision was not a path he wished to share, it is said that he took great joy in the joy of his brother. Kwai Chang died the following year. He was 87. Daniel Madison "Danny Boy" Cain lived another 7 years and died at his home on the ranch by Skedee. He died in his sleep, a happy man, no doubt thinking of the many nights he joined Bob and The Texas Playboys on an old time fiddle tune, while the crowd filled the dance floor at The Cain's Ballroom.

This version of the history of Cain's Ballroom conflicts in substantial detail with the official Cain's ballroom history, and may well be fanciful."