…rules then for governing what little law we had. Until Congress passed a bill dividing the parts equal. The nearest white U. S. Court was Paris, Texas. None here except Indian Courts. There were very few people, it was all open cattle range. The white man just gave a little…
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…of Commissioner Kidd, who resigned in order to enter another branch of governmental service. In order to give the commission more authority and better standing with the tribes, Congress enacted a law on June 10. 1896, empowering the commission to determine who were lawful members of the respective tribes entitled…
…ten months of the year, scarcely enough milk and butter are produced for family consumption. Washington maintains a County Fair Association which is increasing in interest and importance as the years roll by. The Farmer Boys’ clubs as well as the farmers vie with one another in their efforts to…
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Cemeteries of Oklahoma Oklahoma Cemeteries by County The following link will take you to a page outlining all specific cemetery records available at AccessGenealogy for a particular state. A search of those transcriptions is also available there. Adair County Oklahoma Cemeteries Alfalfa County Oklahoma Cemeteries Atoka County Oklahoma Cemeteries Beaver…
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…that vicinity and for nearly a century some of the leading Cherokee families have resided there. The white farmer and prospective investor, in search of a good agricultural location, eagerly watched and waited for the time to arrive when he could. legally purchase Indian lands. Some white farmers secured leases…
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…finding oil in the Healdton area in 1888. He drilled a shallow test in SE% of 5-4S-3W, but capped the well and disappeared into the pages of history—unknown but not forgotten. The search for crude really started in this area when H. B. Goodrich, geologist for Santa Fe Railway Company,…
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…and Ponca country was opened for settlement on September 22, 1891. The next reservation to be opened was that of the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, whose country was opened for white settlement on November 19, 1892. The next was the Kickapoo country, opened for settlement on May 23, 1895. It will…
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…Comanches, Kiowas, Apaches, Caddos and Wichitas, whose country was opened for settlement on August 5, 1901. A more sensible method of opening was adopted this time, by drawing, so that each man had an equal chance, and the lucky man won. The lands of the Choctaws and Chickasaws were allotted…
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…proposition and the road was never completed. During the early part of 1902, however, a line of railroad was projected from Fayetteville, Ark., to Tahlequah, for which the citizens of Tahlequah made a liberal donation, and during the Autumn of the same year the road was extended on to Muskogee…
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…side about the same time. Dr. W. H. Bailey was the first physician and druggist to locate in the new town. Rev. R. C. McGee, a Presbyterian missionary, established one of the first churches in Eufaula and remained in charge of it for many years. The old Asbury Mission School,…
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