05/29/2026
Thanks, Myrtle . . .
Without Sophia Myrtle Field, there would be no Field Printing Museum to share with Hominy today.
Myrtle lived a life filled with family, strength and perseverance. After two husbands, three children and the passing of her third husband, she returned to Hominy with a household of ten children. Among them were Sylvia, Louis, Morris and Sam — four members of the family who would become closely tied to newspaper publishing and printing.
One of those children, Louis Field, faced a tragedy that would have stopped many people. At age 20, a car wreck left him paralyzed from the neck down. Myrtle cared for him for the next 24 years.
But Louis never quit.
Working from his bed as a quadriplegic, he used every ability he had. He sold magazines by phone, built rental properties, earned a law degree, became a notary public, established a tax-preparation business, bought The Hominy News and served for years as a Hominy city councilman.
He also ran for State Representative with a slogan that told the story of his life: “Ability, Not Disability Counts.”
Louis lived a short life, but he lived it fully. When he passed in 1970, he asked to be remembered simply as: “Louis Field — Editor of The Hominy News and Friend to All.”
His brother Morris wanted that story — and many more like it — to be remembered. In 1993, Morris began collecting the material that became the Field Historical Printing Museum. After Morris passed in 2011, Sylvia kept the fire burning until her passing in 2019. In May 2023, Myrtle’s grandson, Bill G. Starks, officially opened the museum.
This is just one of the stories waiting inside the museum — stories of family, determination, printing, newspapers and the people who helped shape Hominy. Come learn the rest of the story.
Thanks, Myrtle. . .
Historical Field Printing Museum • Hominy, Oklahoma
Open every Saturday through September, 10 am to 2 pm
