…length of the county. With the aid afforded by the Federal Government, Washington County is building a number of hard-surfaced roads, nearly half a million dollars having been expended on its public highways during the past year. The citizens realize that good roads will benefit the city man and the…
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…Church, established by the Missionaries, was in the same vicinity. Samuel Johnson, a Cherokee, owned the land upon which Stilwell first began to build and as the town began to grow, tracts of land belonging to Lizzie Freeman, wife of Ben Freeman, of Judge Charles Patterson and Henry Dannenberg, were…
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…father of the commission, died and ex-Gov. W. E. Stanley of Kansas was appointed to fill the vacancy. Stanley resigned on March 31, 1904, and as the enormous task of the commission was approaching completion, no appointment was made to fill the vacancy. Upon the death of Commissioner Dawes,…
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…of Fort Scott, all of whom had been compelled to abandon their homes because of the activity of the Confederate soldiers and the inactivity of the Union forces. Collamore’s Report Superintendent Coffin’s Report Letter of Chief John Ross Coffin Scores The Military Stand Watie’s Activities Source: Benedict, John D. Muskogee…
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As an illustration of the feeling of antagonism manifested toward the commission, the following letter is quoted, which was addressed to the Committee of Cherokees, appointed to confer with the commission. Letter To The Committee Of Cherokee “Tahlequah District, Cherokee Nation, Aug. 10, 1897. “To the Honorable Cherokee Commission, D….
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…part of the Cherokee Nation, and henceforth they became citizens of, and were subject to the laws of the state in which they resided. If Indians in that state (North Carolina) or in any other state east of the Mississippi River wish to enjoy the benefits of the common property…
…150 carloads of apples were shipped from this point and a well organized fruit and berry association promises to make rapid improvement in systematic fruit-growing. During the year 1921, more than five hundred acres were planted to berries and grapes in this vicinity. Westville has quite a number of substantial…
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…to talk English. As there were already four George Washington in his company, his name was changed to Wash Robinson, by which he is still known. Wash Robinson In 1869 he came to Fort Reno with his company, and participated in most of the raids after Indians, and took part…
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From the time that Columbus discovered America, in 1492, up to the year 1541-2 or about fifty years after the discovery of America, the Territory comprising Mayes County had very little if any mention historically, probably the first white people to lay foot on Mayes County soil was in 1541…
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The people of Mayes County are going ahead and each year finds the county as a whole more determined to build homes and farms. According to the United States Government census of 1920 the total illiterate population of Mayes County is but 3.6 per cent out of the total population…
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